The Ewe people are an ethnic group mainly located in southeastern Ghana, southern Togo, and southwestern Benin. The language they speak is also known as Ewe language.

The Ewe people have a rich culture that includes music, dance, festivals, and traditional religion.

They are also known for their colorful Kente cloth and intricate beadwork. Historically, the Ewe people were organized into several small city-states that were united under the Kingdom of Dahomey in the 18th century.

Though the Ewe people (pronounced ‘ev-ay’) may not be well-known outside Ghana, they are a truly unique group that live in an area called Togo. They are well-known in Ghana for their ancestor worship, unique language, and fabulous weaving skills. They create a unique textile called the Kente cloth.

Roughly, about three million people speak the unique Ewe language, with many skilled in weaving the Kente cloth, a skill they learned during enslavement by the Akans. They have an honestly unique culture and skills that make them well-known in Ghana and deserving of acknowledgment worldwide.

The following highlights capture the things one ought to know about the Ewe people, their language, family life, naming culture and other facts.

The founder of each Ewe community is actually the chief, a man who is succeeded by his sons or male relatives. Many of the Ewe can trace their paternal ancestors all the way to their original family villages where they came from. Extended families, especially, are important to the Ewe. The smallest familial division is the hut, made of a man, his wife or wives, and their unmarried children, but family members are honored all the way up to the chief of the village.