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Ewe people

Ewe people (Eʋe, Eʋeawó)
Raccolte Extraeuropee - Passaré 00217 - Statua Ewe - Togo Ghana.jpg
Ewe artwork
Total population
~5 million
Regions with significant populations
 Ghana 2.7 million
 Togo 2.1 million
 Benin 0.2 million
Languages
Ewe
Religion
Christianity (50%), Minorities: Vodun Traditional Religion, Islam, Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Fon, Gen, Phla Phera, Aja people
People Eʋeawo
Language Eʋegbe
Country Region between rivers Mono and Volta

The Ewe people (Ewe: Eʋeawó, lit. "Ewe people"; or Eʋedukɔ́ , lit. "Ewe nation") are an African ethnic group. They are the largest ethnic group in Togo (32%), the third largest ethnic group in Ghana (14%), and are a minority ethnic group in southern Benin, Ivory Coast and Nigeria. They speak the Ewe language (Ewe: Eʋegbe) which belongs to the Niger-Congo family of languages. They are related to other speakers of Gbe languages, such as, the Fon, Gen, Phla Phera, and the Aja people of Togo and Benin.

Ewe people are located primarily in the coastal regions of West Africa, in the region south and east of the Volta River to around the Mono River at Togo and Benin border. They are particularly found in southern Togo (formerly French Togoland), Volta Region in southeastern Ghana (formerly British Togoland), and in southwestern parts of Benin. The Ewe region is sometimes referred to as the Eweland or Eʋedukɔ́ region (Togoland in colonial literature). The Ewe people have a large presence in Accra. They are also found in Ivory Coast and Yorubaland in Nigeria.


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