PeopleWest Africa

Ewe (Eʋeawó)

People of the Volta region; strong drumming societies and naming rites.

Ghana

Togo

BeninEʋegbe

Customs they practice

1 recorded rite, each with its steps and its WHY.

Birth & namingmachine draft

Outdooring · the Akan and Ga eighth-day naming

On the eighth day the newborn is brought outdoors for the first time, shown to the sky and community, and given names including the day name that every Akan and Ga person carries.

Akan · Ga · Ewe

What they eat

1 dish, what they mean and when they appear.

Staplemachine draft

Fufu

Cassava and plantain (or yam) boiled and pounded into a smooth, elastic dough, swallowed rather than chewed: a swallow-starch staple across much of West and Central Africa.

Akan · Ewe · Ga +2