Ewe 55 articles
Sabala at Anloga: How Anlo Farmers and Women Traders Built a Shallot Economy
Explore how Anlo growers shaped difficult coastal land into shallot farms—and how women traders built the market networks that carried sabala across Ghana.
Afedima of Woe: The Anlo Woman Remembered for Transforming Coastal Fishing
Meet Afedima of Woe, the Anlo woman remembered for introducing the yevudor beach-seine net, and explore how fishing technology, trade and women’s work changed along...
Ewe in Print: How Missionaries and Ewe Translators Shaped a Written Language
Discover how Ewe entered print through missionary language study and the vital work of Ewe translators such as Ludwig Adzaklo, while spoken traditions continued to...
Anlo in the Wider Ewe World: Shared Heritage and Local Histories
Anlo communities are part of the wider Ewe-speaking world. This story explores how language, migration memory, ritual and regional ties shape shared identity while local...
The Taviefe War of 1888: Local Rivalries, Colonial Force and a Disputed Trial
A closer look at the 1888 Taviefe conflict, its roots in local rivalries and Peki’s claims, and the British trial that exposed the unsettled reach...
Krepi, Ewedome and the Ewe States: A History of Political Diversity
A nuanced history of the northern Volta’s Ewe-speaking states: the changing meaning of Krepi, local political authority, regional alliances and the colonial border.
Fort Prinzenstein at Keta: Trade, War and Anlo Sovereignty
A sourced history of Fort Prinzenstein, the 1784 Sagbadre War, Anlo-Danish trade terms, British claims and Keta’s changing shoreline.
Agotime Kete: Cloth, Memory and a Living Ewe Weaving Tradition
A richly sourced account of Agotime’s Ewe kete weaving, the contested kente-origin debate, changing materials and the cultural meaning of the Agbamevorza festival.
Peki and the Volta Trade Routes: Power, Exchange and Everyday Life
A sourced history of Peki’s place along Volta trade routes, the changing politics of Krepi, and what household archaeology reveals about Ewe life within the...
Ewe Unity, Colonial Borders and the 1956 Togoland Vote
The 1956 plebiscite divided opinion across British Togoland: what voters were asked, what the results show, and why the vote did not settle Ewe unity...