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Togo's population of 8.64 million people (2021 est.) is composed of about 21 ethnic groups, the two biggest being the Tèm in the Centre (Bafilo, Sokodé, Sotouboua (about 22% of the population); they also live in Ghana and Bénin in big numbers. Tèms have a lot ties with 2/3 of the country as they live in the center of Togo.
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Togo" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Adele people;
In Togo, there are about 40 different ethnic groups, the most numerous of which are the Ewe in the south who make up 32% of the population. Along the southern coastline, they account for 21% of the population. Also found are Kotokoli or Tem and Tchamba in the centre and the Kabye people in the north (22%).
The country's former president, Gnassingbé Eyadema, who took power in a coup, was of Kabye ethnicity. [1] Togo is now led by Eyadema's son, Faure Gnassingbé. Angèle Patassé, the Togolese-born former First Lady of the Central African Republic, was also a member of the Kabye people.
Togo's culture reflects the influences of its 37 tribal ethnic groups, the largest and most influential of which are the Ewe, Mina, and Kabye.French is the official language of Togo, but many native African languages are spoken there as well.
The Aja or Adja are an ethnic group native to south-western Benin and south-eastern Togo. [2] According to oral tradition, the Aja migrated to southern Benin in the 12th or 13th century from Tado on the Mono River, and c. 1600, three brothers, Kokpon, Do-Aklin, and Te-Agbanlin, split the ruling of the region then occupied by the Aja amongst themselves: Kokpon took the capital city of Great ...
The Nawdba, sing. Nawda, to whom some refer as Lossos in Togo, are an ethnic and linguistic group of people living in the Doufelgou District (Préfecture) of the Kara Region in Northern Togo, West Africa. The district capital is Niamtougou which is also an important regional market town.
The Tem originated in Burkina Faso, settling along the White Volta before most migrated to Togo and Benin. Over several centuries, many people groups such as the Hausa, Yoruba, and Mandinka have integrated into the Tem people group. The Tem converted to Islam during the 19th century via the influence of Chakosi merchants. [3]