The
Ewe (, lit. "Ewe people"; or
Eʋedukɔ́} , lit. "Ewe nation") are an
ethnic group located in
Togo (formerly
French Togoland) and
Volta Region,
Ghana (formerly
British Togoland; both formerly
Togoland, the southern part of which was Eweland or
Eʋedukɔ́), and southern
Benin. They speak the
Ewe language and are related to other speakers of
Gbe languages, such as, the
Fon,
Gen,
Phla Phera, and the
Aja people of Togo and Benin.