Origins & Migration 4 articles
Notsie in Ewe Memory: Migration, Escape and Belonging
A road out of the walled town In one of the best-known Ewe migration stories, people escape from a walled settlement at night and set...
Aflao’s Crocodile and the Stolen Stool: A Borderland Origin Story
A town at the edge of two countries Aflao sits beside Lomé, on a frontier that divides Ghana and Togo but cannot separate the lives...
Ho’s Wall, Ho’s People: How Asogli Remembers the Notsie Escape
The wall remembered from Ho Ho is the capital of Ghana’s Volta Region and of the Asogli State. In Asogli oral history, the community occupies...
A Ram’s Horn Took Root: The Founding Story of Somé and Agbozume
A tree beside the palace Beside the Somé Makɔsɔ Palace in Agbozume stands a tree that local memory connects to a ram’s horn. In the...