Lawyer cum Historian, thank you for these invaluable research into the history of Ghana and also presenting them orally with truth and honesty. When are you making the written/printed versions available to the public? Or is it already available? When are you
"Ayigbe dzulor". Ayi-gbe" is seen as a derogatory term. Historically, Ayi was the heir to the Ga throne during their migration from Nigeria to present-day Accra, Ghana. When they reached what is now Togo, the king left Prince Ayi with the Ga stool among the Ewes and continued westward to establish a new settlement. After the king's death in Accra, the elders sent messengers to retrieve Prince Ayi to ascend the throne. However, Ayi, having settled and intermarried with the Ewes, refused to leave. Despite several attempts to persuade him, he remained adamant. As the messengers left, the Ewes repeated “Ayi gbe,” meaning "Ayi refused," in the Mina dialect of the Ewe language, spoken by the Ga who had intermarried with the Ewes. Importantly, the Ga in present day Togo, "Ayi's people," never identify as Ewe; they maintain their Ga identity and cultural practices. Notably, because they possess the stools, they must celebrate Yomowo before the Ga in Accra. Upon the messengers' return to Accra, they reported "Ayi gbe," indicating Ayi's refusal to return with the stool. This event led to the term "Ayigbe dzulor. The people of volta don't speak Mina (version of ewe) yes they have nothing to do with Ayi and his ewe cohort. STOP IT
@@asaasare220 Ayi-gbe" is seen as a derogatory term. Historically, Ayi was the heir to the Ga throne during their migration from Nigeria to present-day Accra, Ghana. When they reached what is now Togo, the king left Prince Ayi with the Ga stool among the Ewes and continued westward to establish a new settlement. After the king's death in Accra, the elders sent messengers to retrieve Prince Ayi to ascend the throne. However, Ayi, having settled and intermarried with the Ewes, refused to leave. Despite several attempts to persuade him, he remained adamant. As the messengers left, the Ewes repeated “Ayi gbe,” meaning "Ayi refused," in the Mina dialect of the Ewe language, spoken by the Ga who had intermarried with the Ewes. Importantly, the Ga in Togo, known as Ayi's people, never identify as Ewe; they maintain their Ga identity and cultural practices. Notably, because they possess the stools, they must celebrate Yomowo before the Ga in Accra. Upon the messengers' return to Accra, they reported "Ayi gbe," indicating Ayi's refusal to return with the stool. This event led to the term "Ayigbe dzulor". Most people in Ga area know this history. Additionally, the people of Volta do not speak Mina, a dialect of Ewe, and they have no connection with Ayi and his Ewe cohort in present day Togo. I invite any historian to challenge my understanding. Growing up in Accra among the Ga, I was only referred to as Ayigbe during disputes-there's a longer version of "Ayigbe" in Ga that I won't mention here. Despite the conflicts of my youth, I still cherish both cultures; my nephews and cousins are named Foly, Dede, Ayite, Afotey etc.. anyone familiar with Ga culture will understand the meaning of those names. Colonialism has made us shy away from our true selves. I wrote this to shed light, not to provoke insult. a historian MUST KNOW this, I will do my best to send him my response.
I like all that he said. But please let the Volta Region be as it is. He said it himself how the Britain were taking care of the Trans-Volta Togoland still 1957. Instead of deciding properly what to do with the people, they chose a referendum and gave the land to........They say this people are Togolese. Hmmm
Young people who complain just about little things should listen to Ephraim Amo story. Ephraim Amo was my father's teacher at Akropong teachers Training college.
Host, why did you not post my comment that corrected the serious historical errors in the lawyer's presentation? British/Transvolta/Western Togoland (WTL) had NEVER been part of the Gold Coast. UN signed the Togoland Trusteeship Agreement with Britain in December 1946 as CARETAKER/ADMINISTRATOR. UN approved the WTL independence in December 1956 so it could form a POLITICAL UNION with Gold Coast at its independence. It authorised Britain to implement it. But Britain intentionally failed to do that but fraudulently told the UN she did, and then collaborated with Nkrumah to FORCEFULLY integrate WTL into Ghana. Accordinly the UN terminated the CARETAKER Agreement with Britain. The UN NEVER re-assigned WTL Territory to Ghana nor signed a new Agreement with it. So the WTL Territory remained the UN Trust Territory at Ghana's independence to date. So its indigenes(nationals) were NEVER Ghana citizens. How then did they legally participate in Gold Coast and Ghana politics? It's been an act of illegality since the 50s! Ghana is tolerating this illegality because they are collaborating with her lawless colonization of WTL nation. Can you imagine a nation just coming out of over 100 years of colonization, to then colonize another Black nation? So every Western Togolander who participated in Ghana politics to help develop that foreign nation while neglecting its own ancestral nation have been BETRAYERS and TRAITORS! EVERYBODY must take note of this. The time for Western Togoland DECOLONIZATION from Ghana is NOW!
Since when EƲƐ people had become '' Ayi gbe ( Ayikushiɛ has refused) people? There's no ethnic group in Africa known as Ewe, Ayigbe or whatever.Ewe is a female sheep in the English language. How can an ''educated'' person who claims to be a lawyer and a historian cannot know that Ayi gbe is about Ga people who went to Anexɔ to ask their king Ayikushiɛ to return to Galand after he had left with the ancient Thrown of Ga people from Ga to Anexɔ, Togo during the Ga-Akwamu wars?
No part of British/Transvolta/Western Togoland(WTL) had ALWAYS been part of the Gold Coast, since their ancestors settled there several centuries before the Gold Coast was born in 1844 involving only the Fantes. During the German governorship of the Togoland from 1884, a German royal fraudulently and lawlessly carved out a section of Togoland as a birthday gift to his grandmother Queen Victoria, WITHOUT the knowledge and consent of the custodians. It was to serve as taxation base for the Queen. That section, known later as Volta Triangle, had been fraudulently and wrongfully referred to as Gold Coast since. Later in 1952 when Colonial Britain was restructuring WTL that was placed under its care, to TRANSVOLTA TOGOLAND(TVT), it ceded that section back to the UN Territory and it became an INTEGRAL part of the ENTIRE WTL landmass. It is rather unfortunate that through ignorance many of the descendants of the ancestors who had been robbed by this foreign royal, still regard themselves as Gold Coasters, hence Ghanaians to date, rather than throwing their anger at those who had belittled and defrauded their ancestors! But the TRUE Ghanaians seem to know their history better than they, and keep telling them the HARD TRUTH,that they are NOT part of them.
It is a big miseducation to say, Anlo and Peki has been part of Ghana from generations. Every historian should speak the truth. The question is, if Anlo and Peki area was part of Gold Coast, why were those areas not included as part of Ghana in Ghana Independence Act? The lies should stop
Awudome, Peki, Anlo lands were all part of the Gold Coast. These areas didn't take part in the plebiscite. They didn't take part because these areas were not of the Trans Volta Togo land. Gentleman, go back and revise your history notes or read and research for the real history.
@kwadzokpofestuskwame2755 you don't know your history, that's why said that, Anlo was part of Gold Coast. Before the creation of Gold Coast, which was mainly the Fante area we have in Ghana, Togoland was in existence. The whole greater Accra region was part of Togoland. Go to Adidome hospital and look at marble stone laid there at the time of opening it. It was boldly written on it, Adidome British Togoland. You guys need to re-educate yourself about your history and not allow corrupt leaders among you to deceive you.
@davidbrooks9280 pay attention to detail. If we say togoland or ewe land or Ivory Coast land it doesn’t mean that land is part of them. During those times, if an empire conquers another, they become part of them. Okay to cut everything short,if we say Ghana is a Britainland, it doesn’t mean Ghana is part of UK. Accra might be a togoland, but doesn’t mean Accra is part of Togo.
Dnt mind this individual. Wat a daft opinion. Wake-up! b4 it destroy u in every facet of yr life. As an Ashanti, my granny will tell u, if not tribalism doing den is vodooo. Repent!! God bless our home Ghana as we continually to forge ahead in unism devoid of stm lyk ds.
No part of volta has been part of the gold Coast before, no part of volta signed the bond of 1844, that volta triangle which keta Peki and Anlo tongue areas were included are falsehood, they were intentionally prevented to take part in the 1956 plebicite with the assumption that they carried the majority population.
Instead of listening clearly and learning soundly, you chose to misregard the historically sound account for cheap and empty propaganda due to your morally subversionism.
