Traditional Area
European Contact
to Anlo
Togbui Wenya
Togbui Wenya, who lived during the
seventeenth century, led the
present-day Anlo and related
peoples in their migration from
Nuatja.
Togbi Sri I
Kponoe who became the first
Awoamefia of Anlo was the son of
Chief Asimadi of Tado and
Asongoe the sister of Amega
Wenya who was head of the Dogbo
Togbi Sri II
Togbi Sri II (1862 – 1956) was the first
literate Awoamefia (Paramount
chief) of Anlo. He reigned for nearly
fifty years during which he
distinguished himself as
Togbui Authonio Gbɔdzɔ II
Professor Diedrich Westerman first
expressed the idea, and he has since been uncritically followed by others, that the Ewe peoples had no chiefs until by came into contact with Akan
About us
Settlement in the Anlo Traditaional Area.
THE PEOPLE of the Anlo Traditional area namely; Anlo, Some, Aflao Klikor, Dzodze, Wheta, Ave, Whenyi belong to the Ewe speaking people who inhabit the area bounded by the rivers. Mono and Volta and extending from the Atlantic coast inland up to about Lat, 7° 22” N.
Tourism
Places of historical interest
Our sub-ethnic groups
The Anlo sub-ethnic group is found along the littoral and is distinguished by its common Anlo dialect.
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Sub-ethnic groups
Reviews
ANLODUKOMEHA & HOGBETSOTSOZAHA
Ewe-Speaking Groups Along The West Coast
MANOUKIAN (1952) described Ewe land as lying between the Volta River and the Mono about 100 miles to the East
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Anlo Clans you never knew
There are fifteen clans in Anlo. And every Anlo is by hereditary a member of one of the clans. Since Anlo’s observe a paternal system of inheritance, children…
