Ewe people
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The Ewe people are a Gbe-speaking ethnic group. The largest population of Ewe people is in Ghana, and the second largest population is in Togo. They speak the Ewe language which belongs to the Gbe fam
Eglise Saint-Augustin de Lomé was built in 1934 by the French.
Ewe kente cloth
Traditional Ewe attire
Traditional Ewe dancers performing the bɔbɔbɔ
West African Vodún
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Vodún, Vodu, or vodunsinsen is an African traditional religion practiced by the Aja, Ewe, and Fon peoples of Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria. There is no central authority in control of the religion a
Ewe people
…sophisticated theology of the Ewe people is similar to those of nearby ethnic groups, such as the Fon religion. This traditional Ewe religion is called Vodun. The word is borrowed from the Fon language, and means "spirit". The Ewe religion holds Mawu as the creator God, who created numerous lesser deities…
Vodunsis at a ceremony. A Vodunsi is someone belonging to and under the full protection of a Vodun spirit
A Vodun priest in Benin photographed in 2018
A Vodún shrine in Grand-Popo, Benin, in 2017
A Vodun altar in Abomey, Benin in 2008