Amedzofe (history)

See also: Amedzofe, Ghana

In Ewe oral history, Amedzofe (Ewe: [amedzoɸɛ]),^{[missing tone]} literally 'origin/home of humanity', is one of the names for Ketu.^[1][2] Ketu, in present-day Benin, was a central place in the history of the Gbe peoples. The Gbe peoples originally were closer to the Yoruba Oyo people of Nigeria, but they were pressed westward by a series of wars between the 10th and the 13th century. In Ketu, the ancestors of the Gbe-speaking peoples separated themselves from other refugees and began to establish their own identity.

See also

• Mawufe
• Gbe languages: History

References

1. Gbolonyo, Justice Stephen Kofi (7 June 2005). Want the History? Listen to the Music! Historical Evidence in Anlo Ewe Musical Practices: A Case Study of Traditional Song Texts (Thesis). S2CID 162030039.
2. Montgomery, Eric James (2006). Converting the converters: The transformative power of Ewe Gorovodu in modernity (Thesis).