Cultural History Month: How Ewes were originally called - Kweku Darko Ankrah goes into details

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[@frankmoccla6926]

You have a lot more to learn. Ewe is one of the largest tribe in West Africa spanning from Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria. In fact there are Ewes in Sudan as of today. To know Ewes, you have to travel and live among them for a while and learn thier language.

[@tsitre3907]

Well said. No one was Ghanaian until there was Ghana. That being said, the assertion that Ẽʋẽawo did not have a name for themselves is incorrect. As you said, the Germans took what they were told by the people, Ẽʋɛ̃awo or Ʋẽawo (Ẽʋẽ people) which is what the people call themselves and wrote Ewe (female sheep). Ʋ is not part of German or English letters so they substituted Ʋ with W, some circles b. The sound Ʋ is equally challenging for most as you can attest to so here we are. With regards to what language Ẽʋẽs speak, they speak, Ʋẽgbe which means, Ʋɛ̃ language. Gbe is Language, Sound or Vibration. For example, Fanti Gbe Fanti Language), Gẽ Gbe ( Ga Language), Yẽvu Gbe (European Language) etc. Saying they speak Gbe language is to say, they speak language, language. Ẽʋẽgbe or Ʋẽgbe is the language spoken by Ẽʋẽs. It has 30 letters and 5 combination sounds - Dz/dz, Gb/gb, Kp/kp, Ny/ny, Ts/ts. Before the scramble of Africa and arbitrary lines drawn separating families and their land divided, their land from Nigeria to Ghana was known as ẼƲɛ̃ Nyigba (Ẽʋɛ̃ land). This area became known as Slave Coast in later years as older maps indicate. With a little bit digging and research one will find that places like Akosombo among many others had Ẽʋẽ names before Nkrumah changed them. It's nefarious to change the names of landmarks and towns as it disassociate the people and sooner or later, future generations do not remember or choose not to know so they can behave wickedly.

[@fredericksearyoh2633]

Thank you bro.

[@bdiraaba2billionaire670]

Well said Nyebro.👏🏾

[@akuaadu-gyamfi5829]

Many people know such deep things and we the people know nothing. If we all knew our history, we wi stop fighting ourselves and unite ❤️ thank u for sharing.

[@vincentleedzathor2030]

My friend if you don't know something don't talk about it. By the way are you Ewe to tell Ewe story??? STOP THE LIES!!!

[@peaceyawaappoh6914]

Thank you very much uncle. I really appreciate.

[@fredericksearyoh2633]

Mr. Historian, I'm afraid you would have to unlearn and relearn. How can you say Ewes didn't have a name? Even inanimate things have names. The thing is you don't know the truth. Corrctions: 1. Our name is Adzaviwo 2. Ewes are in South Sudan too. Not only the four you've mentioned .lol 3. It is true were were in Ethiopia. That's why there are still ewes in Sudan. 4. We were in Mali. Ghana ( Gana) Empire. Gana was the leader of the ewes who won their wars. He was a mysterious man. He was called Amedidzata(maridzata). It means lion-like human being. His name Gana is hyena in ewe. He got all the above names from his mysterious powers with which he won battles for the ewes. His real name was Gbetor Zewuze Tsali Akplormada. 5. When a group of people left Dahomey, they didn't go to Notsie, they were in Dalia in Togo for a little while and some group left for Notsie later. It wasn't like they were moving enmass. Groups moved leaving their compatriots behind to own the land. 6. Ewes did not come from Togo to Ghana. Rather, Western Togoland was attached to Gold Coast. Its not like we moved into a Gold Coast territory; we were attached. 7. That "eiboe" thing you spoke about as basis for Ayigbe is not true. Eiboe (Yiboe) means black in Ewe. Think about it . What do you think our people were trying to tell that German? As for the Ayigbe thing, I don't want to talk about it now. Meanwhile, it has got to do with the Ga people and Anehos. Your history about the other stuff is pretty good. Finally, it is not all ewes who came from Notsie. Some were left in South Sudan, Badagree, Tado(Dahomey), Dalia and Notsie. From these places, the scattered around their neighborhoods. The ones who came from Notise are in part of Togo and Ghana Thanks.

[@amedidzatabutupanjie695]

this guy is just too good .. you really know your roots....thank you....

[@petermensah6866]

Ayigbe comes from two words, Ayi and gbe. Ayi is a Ga Chief from Accra, who went to Aneho in Togo with the stool because of wars in Accra. After the wars people from Accra went to convince him to come back, because they can speak the Ewe language, they said Ayi "gbe" gbe means refuse. So the Ga Chief Ayi refuse is (Ayi gbe) ....Ayigbe. There is no tribe called ayigbe. The Ga's and Ewe's both migrated from Israel.

[@madidadml7137]

I love your reply tho, learnt from it as well

[@akuaadu-gyamfi5829]

Interesting. Wow, i will learn more about our Ewe people. Their history is soo powerful. Thank u for sharing ❤️

[@augustmajr]

@@petermensah6866pseudo history this is false. You’re from Israel how?

[@peaceyawaappoh6914]

You are too good brother.

[@ethellinda4308]

I hate seeing people coming online and liar big time abt someones history. If you want to knw the real history, ask the people.

[@africadiasporachannel4837]

What's lie is he telling??

[@augustmajr]

What lie is he telling and are you suggesting that a historian who teaches at the university level in Ghana and writing a book about alll of this is not going to the Ewe’s to get this information. That’s ridiculous

[@Anasekrom]

This man says Dzodzes are not Ewes 😂😂. Does he know the mean of Dzodze ?

[@I.am.Seyram]

He just means that some of the people there had other origins so the language changed a bit

[@bimba9603]

This man no know anything we It's not his fault there are too much false in our history books in ghana

[@pastorbrightamegazo9231]

It is laughable when some people claim to be more Ghanaians than Ewes. They do that ignorantly or don't understand the historical demarcations of the colonial rule that predates the Gold Coast and present-day Ghana.

[@FIAlive]

The Akans were also with us at Ketu. There are Akans known as Chakosi people in Togo as I type.

[@felixkuadugah9757]

It is wrong for him to say that Ewes had no name before the German missionaries named the so. The Ewes were originally known as Dogbo. They were named so because one of the places they settled was known as Dogbo Nyigbo which still exists in Benin Republic

[@AlkebulanJahmiah]

So what's the connection between Ga-dangbes and Eve's because they all migrated through the same route

[@FIAlive]

Gas are Ewes, they are Gen people, a member of the Gbe speaking family.

[@pastorbrightamegazo9231]

This Historian is on point!

[@nayibor]

One big family 👏👏

[@Defendingthefaith1937]

I feel it will be better told by an eve historian

[@RolexTimex]

Good interview. He dropped some coordinates to the 🌌

[@kenkaakyire9950]

My go and come again

[@edemedward2029]

Is true that the Anlos were there for a very long.

[@kokouernesttewuia9522]

Mr man u have tried but u can't tell our story oooo

[@jerryhamenu6140]

100 percent correct

[@peaceyawaappoh6914]

Noo Adaklu is from Notsie. Iam from Adaklu we spend hogbetsotso that we are from Notsie.

[@mikewalters4045]

In German language V sounds W thats why Eve sounds Ewe

[@josephj.kazegi3154]

If you don't know something don't say it bcs you don't know your history you are saying someone own

[@felixkuadugah9757]

Dzodze is Ewe. Agortime area people eg Kpetoe are Dangme

[@mosesyao]

So why are you talking about Ewes in a foreign language which an Ewe does not understand? To whom are you speaking or shall I say lying?

[@kwesigbemu4745]

Eves did not migrate to Ghana they where independent people

[@melroseelorm6089]

This man is a historian but he doesn't know much about the eve history

[@nattyjosh22]

It's extremely hilarious listening to someone from a group of people who add "son" to all their names just to westernise themselves trying to tell me my Ewe history. 😂🤣😂🤣.

[@augustmajr]

This is such an ignorant comment. He’s a historian who spends his time constantly researching and bringing the history to the people. If you have something different to share then share here in the comments instead of being ignorant

[@nattyjosh22]

@AugustMajr You are a buffoon. Whose history? Neither you nor him know anything about your history let alone the history of the Ewe people. You accept and peddle some underhanded history calling it your own. You are the ignorant one.

[@FIAlive]

Most of his information are correct. If you have more you add up. I know there are history about Eves to be told. Most people don't know it was the Eves who fathered the Akwamus, the Akwamus were or are Eves. Their Ancestral father is Akplormada from Anlo Eves. The Chakosi people are Eʋe Akans they can still be found in Togo as I type, they are the origin of the Akans, they mixed up with the indigenous Eʋe and the Northerners to form the Akans in Ghana now. We have a lot to learn.

[@Obalufon]

Yorubas are Eves also. They all came together from the North East as Hebrews

[@quisttoptech2404]

MR. ANKRAH started the ewes migration from the nigeria. It all started from the NILE VALLEY PRESENTLY KNOWN AS EGYPT

[@bdiraaba2billionaire670]

ITS EVES NOT EWES?

[@nayibor]

Yes.

[@apostlesunkwa9190]

Then tell us the truth sir

[@rogerapedo3275]

The man said some gut things but not all the truth. Ayigbe just means Ayi says NO. His should check that story from Ayi the ewe man. May be it is not a thrue story. May yes May be no

[@salomeypele-botsyoe2080]

How are ewes from palestine.bcuz at dat time there was no Palestine buh Israel.

[@madidadml7137]

Palestine existed before Israel

[@Defendingthefaith1937]

You should have invited an eve historian this is a poor work

[@dellaarenas8632]

This guy is laying. We're not From Egypt.

[@ericajama8130]

Go learn ur history then you 'll know real thing. It is an opportunity.

[@PleaseBeDumb]

@@ericajama8130 Where

[@nakobetayo-1461]

@@ericajama8130 we passe through egypt we are not from egypt

[@ritaafricanchillmusiclarbi989]

@@nakobetayo-1461 we are kemetians. If only you know what is kemet.

[@cephasgad9892]

Big liar

[@cephasgad9892]

This foolish man did not know what his saying

[@vincentleedzathor2030]

My friend you are no historian. You messed up big time

[@vincentleedzathor2030]

You are not Ewe how can you tell Ewe story well ????

[@felixkuadugah9757]

Ewe people in brief. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewe_people