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Togbe Agorkoli

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Togbe Agorkoli (Eʋegbe: Togbe Agɔ Akɔli) was a dictator and draconian ruler of Notsie, a town in modern Togo.[1] During his rule, the Ewe people in what is now known as Ghana and Togo escaped from Notsie to their present lands.[2]

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  1. ^ Meyer, Birgit (2002). "Christianity and the Ewe Nation: German Pietist Missionaries, Ewe Converts and the Politics of Culture". Journal of Religion in Africa. 32 (2): 167–199. doi:10.1163/157006602320292906. JSTOR 1581760.
  2. ^ Greene, S. E. (1 October 2002). "Notsie Narratives: History, Memory, and Meaning in West Africa". South Atlantic Quarterly. 101 (4): 1015–1041. doi:10.1215/00382876-101-4-1015. S2CID 143913786. Project MUSE 39110.