Trade & Occupations 5 articles
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...
Anlo Before the Boat: Fishing, Salt and Trade around Keta Lagoon
How Anlo communities adapted to lagoon life through canoe knowledge, fishing, salt-making and trade—while oral tradition and historical research preserve different parts of the story.
At Keta Market, the Lagoon Meets the Road
More than a place to buy and sell A market is a map of relationships. At Keta , people come together to exchange food, fish,...
Allada, Cloth and the Atlantic: What We Know—and Don’t—About Ewe Trade
A kingdom at a crossroads Before the eighteenth century, the kingdom of Allada was one of the important states of the West African coast. Located...
From Farm to Lagoon: The Work That Fed Ewe Communities
Different landscapes, different livelihoods There was no single Ewe way of making a living. Along the coast, families lived with sand, salt water and the...