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Togolese Culture
Togo's culture reflects the influences of its 37 tribal ethnic groups, the largest and most influential of which are the Ewe (people), Ewe, Mina people, Mina, and Kabye people, Kabye. French is the official language of Togo, but many native African languages are spoken there as well. Despite the influence of Western religion, more than half of the people of Togo follow native Animism, animistic practices and beliefs. Ewe statuary is characterized by its famous statuettes which illustrate the worship of the twins, the ''ibéji''. Sculptures and hunting trophies were used rather than the more ubiquitous African masks. The wood-carvers of Kloto are famous for their "chains of marriage": two characters are connected by rings drawn from only one piece of wood. The dyed fabric batiks of the artisanal center of Kloto represent stylized and colored scenes of ancient everyday life. The loincloths used in the ceremonies of the tisserands of Assahoun are famous. Works of the painter Sok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Of Togo
The music of Togo has produced a number of internationally known popular entertainers including Bella Bellow, Akofah Akussah, Afia Mala, Itadi Bonney, Wellborn, King Mensah and Jimi Hope. National music The Togolese national anthem is ''Salut à toi, pays de nos aïeux'' (Land of our forefathers), written by Alex Casimir-Dosseh. From 1979 to 1992 it was replaced by an anthem composed by the party of the Rally of the Togolese People. French is the official and commercial language of Togo. Traditional music Togo's southern plain is its most populous area, where the capital, Lomé, is situated on the Gulf of Guinea but, like its neighbours, Ghana and Benin, its territory extends hundreds of kilometres northward, passing through a central hill region into the northern savanna that borders Burkina Faso. Its population of over 6 million people, which is 65% rural and agrarian, is composed of about 21 ethnic groups. Approximately 51% of the population has indigenous beliefs, 29% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Media In Togo
Mass Media of Africa, media in Togo includes radio, television, and online and print formats. The news agency began in 1975. The Union des Journalistes Independants du Togo press association is headquartered in Lomé. Newspapers and magazines * ''Carrefour'' * ''Le Combat du Peuple'' * ''Le Crocodile'' * ''Forum de la Semaine'' * ''Liberté'' * ''Motion d’Information'' * ''Le Regard'' * ''Togo-Presse'' * ''Le Panafricain'' * ''Liberte'' * ''Le Changement'' * ''Le Liberal'' * ''La Nouvelle Tribune'' * ''Le Bilan'' * ''La Dépêche'' * ''Togo Réveil'' * ''Waraa'' * ''Sika'a'' * ''L'Intelligent'' * ''Hara Kiri'' Radio * ''Nana FM'' * ''Radio Kara'' * ''Radio Lome'' * ''Radio Togolaise'' * ''Zephyr FM'' Television * * ''Telesports TV'' * ''Télévision Togolaise'' * ''TV2'' * ''TV7'' * New World TV * Radio Télévision Delta Santé * Télévision Espoir 47 * One TV See also * List of radio stations in Africa: Togo * List of television stations in Africa: Togo * Telecommunications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewe People
The Ewe people (; , lit. "Ewe people"; or ''Mono Kple Amu (Volta) Tɔ́sisiwo Dome'', lit. "Between the Rivers Mono and Volta"; ''Eʋenyígbá'' Eweland) are a Gbe languages, Gbe-speaking ethnic group. The largest population of Ewe people is in Ghana (6.0 million), and the second largest population is in Togo (3.1 million). They speak the Ewe language () which belongs to the Gbe languages, Gbe family of languages. They are related to other speakers of Gbe languages such as the Fon people, Fon, Gen language, Gen, Phla–Pherá languages, Phla/Phera, Ogu people, Ogu/Gun, Fon language, Maxi (Mahi), and the Aja people of Togo and Benin. Demographics 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 the border of Togo and Benin; and in the southwestern part of Nigeria (close to the Atlantic Ocean, stretching from the Nigeria and Benin border to Epe). They are primarily found in the Volta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moba People
The Moba people, or Bimoba, are a Gur-speaking ethnic group from North-eastern Ghana, Uppper East and North-western Togo. Population centres in Ghana include Nakpanduri, Bimbagu, Najong 1 and 2, Kambatiak, Gbankoni and Bunkpurugu. The Bimoba number approximately 370,000 people in north-eastern Ghana and about 481,500 people in northern Togo. Origin The Bimoba are believed to have migrated southwards from present-day Burkina Faso following the collapse of the Kingdom of Fada-Gurma around 1420. Society Bimoba society is patriarchal Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of authority are primarily held by men. The term ''patriarchy'' is used both in anthropology to describe a family or clan controlled by the father or eldest male or group of males, and in fem ... and is structured around clan and family heads. There are Clan-based kings or chiefs with vested power to hold the various clans together. The clans themselves can be located on multiple locations based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akebu
Akebu or Kebu (also ''Kabu''; in ) is one of the Ghana–Togo Mountain languages spoken by the Akebu people of southern Togo and southeastern Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t .... It is a tonal language with nominal classes. Akebu is closely related to the Animere language. In 2002 there were about 56,400 speakers, located primarily in the Akébou district of the Plateau Region of Togo. Writing system Bibliography * Yao Koffi, ''Akebu-Deutsch-Wörterbuch'', Deutsches Akademischen Austauschdienstes, Sarrebruck (Allemagne), 1981, 433 p. * Yao Koffi, ''Sprachkontakt und Kulturkontakt : eine Untersuchung zur Mehrsprachigkeit bei den Akebu in Togo'', Sarrebruck, 1984, 180 p. * Jacques Sossoukpe, ''Vitalité ethnolinguistique suivie d'une esquisse phonologique ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akposso
The Kposo or Akposso people () are an ethnic group living in the Plateau Region of southern Togo, west of Atakpamé, and across the border in Ghana. Their ethnic language is Kposo or Ikposo. Economy Akposso farmers grow cocoa and coffee Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted, ground coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially a ... as cash crops. Traditional crops include yams, maize "(ɖzukklɔ)"and fonio. Culture The traditional Akposso calendar has five days in each week. These are Imle, Ekpe, Ewle, Eyla, and Eva. Fonio () is culturally important. An annual festival called "Ovazu" () is held around harvest time, and in Togo it is held together with the Akebus. References External linksAkpɔssɔ Français English Utsyi Ʋli [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lomé
Lomé ( , ) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities in Togo, largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437Résultats définitifs du RGPH4 au Togo while there were 2,188,376 permanent residents in its metropolitan area as of the 2022 census. Located on the Gulf of Guinea at the southwest corner of the country, with its entire western border along the easternmost edge of Ghana's Volta Region, Lomé is the country's administrative and industrial center, which includes an oil refinery. It is also the country's chief port, from where it exports coffee, Cocoa bean, cocoa, copra, and Elaeis guineensis, oil palm kernels. Its city limits extends to the border with Ghana, located a few hundred meters west of the city center, to the Ghanaian ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
