Togbe Agorkoli
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Torgbui Agorkoli was the mythical ruler of Notsie, a town in modern Togo.[1] During his rule, the Ewe peoples in what are now Ghana and Togo escaped from Notsie to their present lands.[2] He ruled the Ewe with an iron fist and had any person who spoke against him put on trial and inevitably found guilty, which meant a death sentence. When the Ewe people decided they did not want to suffer under his rule, they sought a very famous and powerful hunter known as Torgbui Tsali. Tsali agreed to hear their pleas. During a festive holiday, it is said that he enchanted the drums to put all the royals and Torgbui Agorkoli to sleep. He then mobilized the citizens to pass through a crevice made in a thick mud wall, resulting in the Ewe people's freedom from Notsie. While escaping, Tsali convinced the citizens to walk backwards, confusing their pursuers.[citation needed]
After the exodus, the Ewe were led by the wise man called Torgbui Ewenya. The word Ewe was taken from their formal leader Torgbui Ewenya.
References
- ^ 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): 170. ISSN 0022-4200. JSTOR 1581760.
- ^ "Notsie Narratives: History, Memory and Meaning in West Africa". www.muse.jhu.edu. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2011.