Hlefi

Hlefi
Hlefi
	Village
	Hlefi Location of Hlefi
	Coordinates: 6°42′58″N 0°22′17″E
Country	Ghana
Region	Volta Region
District	Ho West District
District Capital	Dzolokpuita
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	GMT

Hlefi is a village in the Ho West District of the Volta Region of Ghana.

It is located on the eastern side of the Akwapim Togo mountain range. It is between Anfoeta Gbogame to the south and Kpale Kpalime to the north. Dzolokpuita,[1] the district capital is about 11 kilometres north east of Hlefi. Other places south of Hlefi include Bame, Ghana, Goviefe Todzi and Kpeve, the capital of the South Dayi District. To the west beyond the Akwapim Togo mountain range in a row going towards the north are Woadze, Agate and Have. To the north beyond Anfoeta Gbogame lie Anfoeta Tsebi and Saviefe. Matse is about 12 kilometres to the east.

The people of Hlefi are predominantly Ewe people who speak the Ewe language.[2][3]

The Battle of Hlefi was fought between the alliance of people of Akwamu and the Anlo Ewe, then led by King Akoto the Akwamuhene against another alliance of Peki (Krepi) led by King Kwadzo Dei and King Howusu of Ho and other Ewes.[4]

References

"Ho West Assembly". ghanadistricts.com. Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
Essegbey, James (3 December 2018). "5 - The Influence of Writing on Oral Traditions: The Case of Nyangbo". In Muaka, Leonard; Lisanza, Esther Mukewa; Ajani, Timothy T. (Contributor) (eds.). Language in Contemporary African Cultures and Societies. Lexington Books. pp. 82–84. ISBN 978-1498572279. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
Keese, Alexander (4 December 2015). "5 - 'Ethnic Identity' as an Anti-colonial Weapon? Ewe Mobilisation from the Late Nineteenth Century to the 1960s. The Ewe: A Case of Aggressive Solidarity". Ethnicity and the Colonial State: Finding and Representing Group Identifications in a Coastal West African and Global Perspective (1850-1960) (Studies in Global Social History). Leiden: Brill. pp. 222–223. ISBN 978-9004307346. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
Spieth, Jakob (26 July 2011). The Ewe People. A Study of the Ewe People in German Togo. Sub-Saharan Publishers. p. 88. ISBN 978-9988647902. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

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[1] "Ho West Assembly". ghanadistricts.com. Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

[essegbey-2] Essegbey, James (3 December 2018). "5 - The Influence of Writing on Oral Traditions: The Case of Nyangbo". In Muaka, Leonard; Lisanza, Esther Mukewa; Ajani, Timothy T. (Contributor) (eds.). Language in Contemporary African Cultures and Societies. Lexington Books. pp. 82–84. ISBN 978-1498572279. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

[keese-3] Keese, Alexander (4 December 2015). "5 - 'Ethnic Identity' as an Anti-colonial Weapon? Ewe Mobilisation from the Late Nineteenth Century to the 1960s. The Ewe: A Case of Aggressive Solidarity". Ethnicity and the Colonial State: Finding and Representing Group Identifications in a Coastal West African and Global Perspective (1850-1960) (Studies in Global Social History). Leiden: Brill. pp. 222–223. ISBN 978-9004307346. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

[spieth-4] Spieth, Jakob (26 July 2011). The Ewe People. A Study of the Ewe People in German Togo. Sub-Saharan Publishers. p. 88. ISBN 978-9988647902. Retrieved 29 June 2020.