Hlefi Explained

Official Name:Hlefi
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ghana
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Hlefi
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ghana
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Volta Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Ho West District
Subdivision Type3:District Capital
Subdivision Name3:Dzolokpuita
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:GMT
Timezone Dst:GMT
Coordinates:6.7161°N 0.3714°W

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ho West Assembly . ghanadistricts.com . Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development . 29 June 2020.
  2. Book: Essegbey . James . Muaka . Leonard . Lisanza . Esther Mukewa . Ajani . Timothy T. (Contributor) . Language in Contemporary African Cultures and Societies . 3 December 2018 . Lexington Books . 978-1498572279 . 82–84 . https://books.google.com/books?id=uNB-DwAAQBAJ&q=hlefi+ewe&pg=PA86 . 29 June 2020 . 5 - The Influence of Writing on Oral Traditions: The Case of Nyangbo.
  3. Book: Keese . Alexander . 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) . 4 December 2015 . Brill . Leiden . 978-9004307346 . 222–223 . https://books.google.com/books?id=a-QPCwAAQBAJ&q=hlefi+ewe&pg=PA368 . 29 June 2020 . 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.
  4. Book: Spieth . Jakob . The Ewe People. A Study of the Ewe People in German Togo . 26 July 2011 . Sub-Saharan Publishers . 978-9988647902 . 88 . 29 June 2020.