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Ghana The Central Togo
The Central Togo groups are found to the north of Ewe country
in the Akwapim-Togo Ranges. These groups are sometimes called the
Togo remnants, on the assumption that they represent what is left
of a once more widespread people who were absorbed either by the
Akan or the Ewe. Although some of the Central Togo groups are
indigenous to the area, many are believed to have come to the
mountain location for refuge from the numerous wars that were
fought after the end of the seventeenth century by the Gonja,
Asante, Dahomeans, and Akwamu. The refugees found protection and
land and, therefore, settled in the ranges. Descent and inheritance
seem to be patrilineal, and each group is autonomously organized
under a chief.
The traditional mode of economic activity among the Central
Togo people was the cultivation of rice, but today a substantial
number of the people are engaged in cocoa farming. More than any
Kwa or Gur group, the Central Togo people define themselves as
Christian. A relatively high level of literacy and school
attendance and a high proportion of professionals and technical
workers characterize them.
Data as of November 1994
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