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Akpafu-Todzi
Akpafu-Todzi
	View of the 'cemetery road' in Akpafu-Todzi
	Akpafu-Todzi Location in Ghana
	Coordinates: 7°15′18″N 0°29′28″E / 7.25500°N 0.49111°E
Country	Ghana
Region	Oti Region
District	Jasikan Municipality
Elevation	1,223 ft (372 m)
Time zone	GMT

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Akpafu-Todzi is a village in the Akpafu traditional area of the Jasikan Municipality District in the Oti Region of Ghana. The inhabitants of Todzi (around 600–700 in total) call themselves the Mawu and speak Siwu, a Kwa language that is quite distinct from the dominant regional languages Ewe and Twi. The Siwu name for the village is kaa i kato, or "home up high". The oldest of the five Akpafu villages, Todzi functions as the capital of the traditional area and its chief is the paramount chief of Akpafu.

In the past, Akpafu-Todzi was one of the sites of the traditional iron industry of the Akpafu people. Some ancient mines can still be visited in the vicinity of the village, but the iron industry collapsed in the late nineteenth century. Nowadays, the inhabitants of Todzi are mostly peasant farmers.

References

Plehn, Rudolf (1899) 'Beiträge zur Völkerkunde des Togo-Gebietes', in Mittheilungen des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen, 2, part III, 87–124.
Rattray, R.S. (1916) 'The Ironworkers of Akpafu', Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 46, 431–435.
Pole, L.M. (1982) 'Decline or survival ? Iron production in West Africa from the 17th to the 20th centuries', Journal of African History, 23, 4, 503–513.

External links and sources

Jasikan District brochure^{[permanent dead link]} See page 15

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-'''Akpafu-Todzi''' is a village in the [[Akpafu]] traditional area of the [[Hohoe Municipal District|Hohoe Municipal district]] in the [[Volta Region]] of [[Ghana]]. The inhabitants of Todzi (around 600-700 in total) call themselves the Mawu and speak [[Siwu language|Siwu]], a [[Kwa languages|Kwa]] language that is quite distinct from the dominant regional languages [[Ewe language|Ewe]] and [[Twi language|Twi]]. The Siwu name for the village is ''kaa i kato'', or "home up high". The oldest of the five Akpafu villages, Todzi functions as the capital of the traditional area and its chief is the paramount chief of Akpafu.
+'''Akpafu-Todzi''' is a village in the [[Akpafu]] traditional area of the [[Jasikan District|Jasikan Municipality District]] in the [[Oti Region]] of [[Ghana]]. The inhabitants of Todzi (around 600–700 in total) call themselves the Mawu and speak [[Siwu language|Siwu]], a [[Kwa languages|Kwa]] language that is quite distinct from the dominant regional languages [[Ewe language|Ewe]] and [[Twi language|Twi]]. The Siwu name for the village is ''kaa i kato'', or "home up high". The oldest of the five Akpafu villages, Todzi functions as the capital of the traditional area and its chief is the paramount chief of Akpafu.
 In the past, Akpafu-Todzi was one of the sites of the traditional iron industry of the Akpafu people. Some ancient mines can still be visited in the vicinity of the village, but the iron industry collapsed in the late nineteenth century. Nowadays, the inhabitants of Todzi are mostly peasant farmers.
 ==References==
-* Plehn, Rudolf (1899) 'Beiträge zur Völkerkunde des Togo-Gebietes', in ''Mittheilungen des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen'', 2, part III, 87—124.
+* Plehn, Rudolf (1899) 'Beiträge zur Völkerkunde des Togo-Gebietes', in ''Mittheilungen des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen'', 2, part III, 87–124.
-* Rattray, R.S. (1916) 'The Ironworkers of Akpafu', ''Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute'', 46, 431-435.
+* Rattray, R.S. (1916) 'The Ironworkers of Akpafu', ''Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute'', 46, 431–435.
-* Pole, L.M. (1982) 'Decline or survival ? Iron production in West Africa from the 17th to the 20th centuries', ''Journal of African History'', 23, 4, 503-513.
+* Pole, L.M. (1982) 'Decline or survival ? Iron production in West Africa from the 17th to the 20th centuries', ''Journal of African History'', 23, 4, 503–513.
 ==External links and sources==
-*[http://www.grafikwa.nl/data/brochurehohoe.pdf Hohoe District brochure] See page 15
+*[http://www.grafikwa.nl/data/brochurehohoe.pdf Jasikan District brochure]{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} See page 15
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+[[Category:Populated places in the Oti Region]]
-[[Category:Volta Region]]