Hlefi

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

Hlefi
Village
Hlefi
Location of Hlefi
Coordinates: 6°42′58″N 0°22′17″E
Country Ghana
RegionVolta Region
DistrictHo West District
District CapitalDzolokpuita
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)GMT

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