Amedzofe (history)
See also: Amedzofe, Ghana
In Ewe oral history, Amedzofe (pronounced [amedzoɸɛ]), literally 'origin/home of humanity', is one of the names for Ketu. Ketu, in present-day Benin, was a central place in the history of the Gbe peoples. The Gbe peoples originally were part of the Yoruba Oyo people of Nigeria, but they were pressed westward by a series of wars between the 10th and the 13th century. In Ketu, the ancestors of the Gbe-speaking peoples separated themselves from other refugees and began to establish their own identity.
See also
- Mawufe
- Gbe languages: History
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