“I think that you are reading ewe as in female sheep but I think this refers to the Ewe (pronounced Evay) a large tribe from Togo in West Africa.” (Verrette had firsthand knowledge.

The Ewe people are Togo’s most populous ethnic group, and Rock and Enrico were raised in the culture’s traditions. “I don’t think I was even a day old when I heard my first [traditional ...

In West Africa, a new French–Ewe dictionary is now available to facilitate and boost the learning of this language, primarily spoken in Togo. Belonging to the Niger–Congo language family, Ewe is ...

Understanding Togo’s ethnic tensions During Germany’s rule over Togo, members of the Ewe tribe in the south of the country were favored by the Germans and benefitted from missionary education.

The law that designated Ewe and Kabiye as the country’s two national languages should also be reformed in the interest of national unity. This list should include five national languages in accordance ...

Olympio led the way to the independence of Africa. He was a member of the West African Ewe tribe and had a Brazilian great grandfather who'd been a slave trader in neighboring Dahomey. Olympio was ...

In Togo, speakers of Kabiye have been in contact with the speakers of Ewe for several decades due to migration. As a result of this language contact, many members of the Kabiye speech community have ...

I am a bilingual therapist, fluent in English and Ewe (Togo), and a Black, African woman with a Master of Social Work and a certificate in Trauma-Informed Practice.

English isn’t his first language, or even second – French is Togo’s ‘official’ language while the Ewe language is his own mother tongue.