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The Ewe people : a study of the Ewe people in German Togo / by Jakob Spieth ; translated by Marcellinus Edorh ... [et al.] ; edited by Komla Amoaku.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spieth, Jakob, 1856-1914.
- Standardized Title:
- Ewe-Stämme. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ewe (African people)--History.
- Ewe (African people).
- Ethnology--Togo.
- Ethnology.
- Togo--History.
- Togo.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (980 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Accra, Ghana : Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Ewe of Ghana, Togo and Benin have been one of the most documented ethnic groups in West Africa, given their encounters with the German, French and British colonial administrations. In 1906, Jakob Spieth, a German Bremen Missionary, published Die Ewe-Stamme. Die Ewe-Stamme is one of the most comprehensive treatises on the history, religion, economic life, traditional social structure, and, indeed, the entire spectrum of everyday life of the Ewe. Published over 100 years ago the book had limited circulation and became increasingly rare to the extent that it almost became a deified piece of work and source of classified knowledge. Additionally, Die Ewe-Stamme was published in German and old non-standard and colloquial Ewe languages. It is hoped this translation of Die Ewe-Stamme into English and contemporary Ewe might create a revival of interest amongst researchers, enhance the understanding for the traditional Ewe culture and become reading material in schools and universities.
- Notes:
- "With 2 maps and 172 photographs."
- "Berlin 1906, Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen)."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9988-647-24-7
- OCLC:
- 797834177
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