Amedzofe (history)

In Ewe oral history, Amedzofe (), literally 'origin/home of humanity', is one of the names for Ketu.  Ketu, in present-day Benin, was a central place in the history of the Gbe peoples.  The Gbe peoples originally were part of the Yoruba Oyo people of Nigeria, but they were pressed westward by a series of wars between the 10th and the 13th century.  In Ketu, the ancestors of the Gbe-speaking peoples separated themselves from other refugees and began to establish their own identity. 

See also
Mawufe
Gbe languages: History

Category:History of Benin
Category:Yoruba history