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3 unusual facts about ewe


Akwamu

It is traditionally thought that between 1677 and 1681, the Akwamu state conquered the states of Ladoku, Agona and Whydah, as well as the Ewe people of the Ho region.

Anyako

Anyako is inhabited by people of the Ewe tribe and is the birthplace of world-renowned artist El Anatsui.

Miriam Flynn

In 1995, she was the voice of Maa, a very old Ewe in the hit film, Babe.


Adji

Oware, abstract strategy game, for which Adji is the Ewe language name

Afro-Barbadian

So, according the historian Karl Watson, most slaves imported into Barbados were Akans (Ashanti and Fante from Ghana), Ewe and Fon (coming both from Benin).

Akpafu-Todzi

The inhabitants of Todzi (around 600-700 in total) call themselves the Mawu and speak Siwu, a Kwa language that is quite distinct from the dominant regional languages Ewe and Twi.

An Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds

It lists many animals, both domestic and wild, among its protagonists: Lion, Elephant, Bear, Boar, Deer, Donkey, Horse, Wolf, Cheetah, Leopard, Dog, Fox, Hound, Ox, Buffalo, Hare, Goat, Nanny (female Goat), Ewe (female Sheep), Camel, Cat, Rat, Monkey, Sheep.

Beenleigh Blue cheese

Beenleigh Blue is a thin-rinded, unpressed soft blue cheese made from organic unpasteurized ewe's milk produced in Ashprington, Devon County, England.

Candomblé Jejé

The various ethnic groups as Fon, Ewe, Fante, Ashanti, mine to come in Brazil, were called "djedje", deployed here in your worship Salvador, Cachoeira and São Félix in Bahia, and São Luís of Maranhão, then spread itself to several Brazilian states.

Convoy JW 56A

Three days out from Loch Ewe, on 15 January, JW 56A ran into a storm, forcing the convoy to shelter at Akureyri in Iceland, which it reached on 18 January.

Fon people

In the Juan Liscano historian´s opinion, before of 1700 the Fon of Whydah, Dahomey, sold to European traders members of the following tribes (Liscano, 1950: 74 s): Wida, Popo, Adja (residents in southeastern Togo and Benin southeast), Ketou (perhaps the city of the same name in Benin), Ewe and Mahi (residents in Abomey, the old capital of Dahomey Empire).

History of Togo

Various tribes moved into the country from all sides - the Ewe from Benin, and the Mina and the Guin from Ghana.

John Singleton the Elder

After a particularly good riding performance, Read rewarded Singleton with the gift of a ewe.

Nouréini Tidjani-Serpos

As well as being fluent in several African languages (Yoruba, Fon, Éwé and Goun), he speaks English and French and reads Spanish fluently.

SS Pennsylvanian

She called at the British ports of Methil, Loch Ewe, Clyde, and Milford Haven in late June and early July, and, sailing from Barry in mid July, Pennsylvanian arrived at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, France.

St Bosseratti

Bosseratti has written and produced hit singles for South African musicians, Pitch Black Afro (Zonke Bonke) and Ifani (Ewe).


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