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ifè people togo wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 geography toggle geography subsection 1 1 in togo 1 2 in benin 2 language toggle language subsection 2 1 media 3 references toggle the table of contents ifè people togo 4 languages مصرى français hausa português edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia redirected from ana people ethnic group in west africa ethnic group ifẹ̀ àná brass head cast of an ooni of ife total population 452 000 1 regions with significant populations benin 111 130 2013 2 ghana 45 000 togo 240 000 2013 3 languages ede ife and ede yoruba ewe french religion predominantly christianity minor yoruba religion islam related ethnic groups other yoruba people akposo ewe mahi part of a series on yorùbá people art architecture culture history language music religion mythology subgroups ifɛ̀ àná kétu ànàgó kúrá okú okú ṣábẹ̀ẹ́ ìdàdú àkókó àwórì ẹ̀gbá èkìtì ẹfọ̀n ìbàràpá ìbọ̀lọ́ ìdàáshà ìgbómìnà ifẹ̀ ìjẹ̀bú ìdòko ìjẹ̀shà ìkálẹ̀ ìlàjẹ ìshà mọkọ́lé ọ̀họ̀rí ìjẹ okun òǹkò òkè ògùn ọ̀ghọ̀ ọ̀wọ́rọ̀ òwu ọ̀yọ́ rẹ́mọ oǹdó ùjámà 4 usẹn yéwa ẹ̀gbádò related yoruboid speaking groups ìtsẹkírì ìwẹ́rẹ́ olùkùmi ígálà diaspora okus bahians saros taboms agudas amaros afro cubans lucumis united states afro dominicans afro haitians canada ivory coast britain ireland cultural concepts omọlúàbí aṣọẹbí èsúsú agbo ilé alájọbí religion supreme deity olorun olodumare divination ifá opon ifá opele odù ifá agere ifa awo ogberi orisha imọlẹ̀ ẹbọra ọbàtálá ọ̀sanyìn ẹlẹ́gbà yemọja olókun ṣàngó ọyá ògún ọbalúayé ọ̀ṣun ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì ọ̀rúnmìlà aganjú òṣùmàrè legendary creatures ẹbọra egbere iwin akudaaya abiku emere oro religious concepts àṣẹ ìwà orí ìmùlẹ̀ àkámarà ìtàn ẹbọ ètùtù politics history timeline of yoruba history palaces àwọ̀fin ààfin àọ̀fin àghọ̀fẹn rulers oba ọma jagun eléko ìchà ọwọ̀ni ọọ̀ni alárá alákétu òṣemàwé aláwọ̀fin aláàfin àkárìgbò oníṣabẹ ọlọ́ghọ̀ awùjalẹ̀ aláké òràngún dééjì ọwá obòkun ọlọ́fà titles oyè olorì ìyá ọba ayaba ìyá àfin 5 òjoyè ọbańlá baálẹ̀ ọmọba ọlọ́jà ìyálóde olú awo olú olótu ùjámà ìjámọ̀ ọ̀dọ̀fin àró ẹlẹ́mọ oshòdì òdì erelú nobility ògbóni ẹdan ilédi ìwàrẹ ẹ̀ghàrẹ ọ̀yọ́mèsì military and commerce kakaǹfò ẹ̀ṣọ́ parakòyí bàbálájé olórogun olúkọ̀tún olúkòsì olótú ìyálọ́jà balógun ajagunnà aṣípa ààrẹ iba baṣọ̀run geography yorubaland festivals events west africa ọ̀ṣun òṣogbo ọlọ́jọ́ ìgògò ẹ̀yọ̀ festival badagry festival orosun ọdún ògún ojúde ọba orò aké arts book festival world sango festival odun egungun líṣàbí ọdún olókun yorùbá drum festival new yam ọdún ìjẹṣu diaspora odunde festival yoruba arts festival yemoja festival brazil cuba trinidad usa venezuela argentina performing arts contemporary apala fuji were yoruba highlife waka jùjú afrobeat afrobeats sakara folk traditional bolojo obitun bírípo bata olele ìjálá gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ ekun iyawo rara dadakuada oríkì esa alamo ògèdè gbedu iremoje ewì notable personalities list of yoruba people v t e the ifè people also known as the ana atakpame or baate people are an ethnic group of benin and togo in togo the ifè are indigenously concentrated around atakpame primarily in the gnagna ñaña and djama jama quarters and on the vertical land strip between the towns of glei and sokode on the west and the togo benin international border in the east in benin they are found domiciled in the area between the aforementioned border and the town of savalou ethnologists identify the ifè ana as the most western of the yoruba subgroups in fact the ana trace their origins to ife and their language is also called ifè which has more than 400 000 speakers 6 7 8 9 10 geography edit in togo edit in togo the ife or ana people can be found domiciled in the eastern half of the plateaux region mostly east of the n1 national highway that runs vertically through the spine of the country specifically in the prefectures of est mono gbadjahe elavagnon nyamassila kamina kpessi badin kope moretan igberioko anie adogbenou okeloukoutou pallakoko anié kolo kope glitto atchinedji ogou atakpamé woudou djama gnagna datcha akpare ountivou glei katore there is also a smaller ana ife community in the immediate environment of esse ana community in the yoto prefecture the biggest settlements of the ife people are atakpame elavagnon kamina datcha dadja adogbenou and moretan morita 11 the yoruboid dialect spoken in the cantons of goubi and kaboli in the tchamba prefecture of the central region although sometimes erroneously considered to be one and same with ife is simply another yoruba linguistic community of the manigri kambole variety located to the north of the ifes with which it shares 87 91 lexical similarity 12 in benin edit in benin the ife ana communities can be found domiciled mostly in the commune of savalou in the west of the collines department they inhabit the arrondissements of doumè tchetti ottola lema djaloukou and partially within savalou township itself it is also spoken in some villages in the communes of bante and djidja in the agouna arrondissement these towns and villages are bordered by the isha yoruba communities of the bantè commune to the north and the mahi ethnic community to the east these are all within the collines department of south central benin language edit main article ifè language the ife ana people speak the ife language or ede ife in togo there are three major varieties based on the towns of atakpame djama variant the dassa variant is spoken in dadja town and a third one is based in kamina in benin the language is based on the dialect of tchetti 13 like all the other dialects of yoruba ife has three tones high mid and low many speakers of ife are bilingual in ewe in the south of togo and standardized yoruba sy in the north 14 on the converse ede ife is in turn used as a second language l2 by speakers of bago kusuntu and kpessi in togo those of anii in benin as well as the northern nago and aguna speakers in both countries media edit the ife language enjoys vigorous use as first language among all members of its ethnic community and geographic region 15 it is used on the local radio based in tchetti radio fm ore ọ̀fẹ́ 102 1 mhz disseminating news to the surrounding region 16 references edit peoplegroups org ife people yoruba people cluster peoplegroups org retrieved 2 march 2025 languages of benin interactive en translators without borders retrieved 2 march 2025 togo the world factbook central intelligence agency 12 february 2025 archived from the original on february 11 2025 retrieved 2 march 2025 probst peter 2011 osogbo and the art of heritage indiana university press p 19 isbn 978 0 253 22295 4 retrieved 9 august 2026 mba nina emma 1982 nigerian women mobilized women s political activity in southern nigeria 1900 1965 institute of international studies university of california berkeley p 4 6 isbn 978 0 87725 148 4 retrieved 9 august 2026 james stuart olson 1996 the peoples of africa an ethnohistorical dictionary abc clio ebook greenwood publishing group isbn 9780313279188 appiah kwame anthony henry louis gates jr 1999 africana 1st ed new york basic civitas books isbn 0 465 00071 1 toyin falola matt d childs 2005 the yoruba diaspora in the atlantic world blacks in the diaspora indiana university press p 133 isbn 9780253003010 william russell bascom 1975 african dilemma tales bascom world anthropology walter de gruyter p 13 isbn 9789027975096 issn 1572 6339 in togo atakpame keeps yoruba language alive the punch december 30 2015 retrieved december 30 2015 gblem poidi honorine massanvi 15 february 2018 j apprends l ife langue benue congo du togo in french editions l harmattan isbn 978 2 14 007070 9 retrieved 21 february 2025 ifè ethnologue archived from the original on 2007 06 15 retrieved 1 march 2025 glottolog 5 1 ifè glottolog org retrieved 1 march 2025 frawley william may 2003 international encyclopedia of linguistics 4 volume set oxford university press usa p 422 isbn 978 0 19 513977 8 retrieved 21 february 2025 ifè ethnologue free ethnologue free all retrieved 1 march 2025 radio ore ofe fercab in french fédération des radios communautaires et assimilées du bénin retrieved 1 march 2025 v t e ethnic groups in benin aja ana bariba dendi ewe anlo ewe fon fula gen mina gurma hausa kurtey lamba kabye lokpa mahi ogu somba tammari tém yoa lokpa yoruba beninois zarma v t e demographics of togo adele agome aja akan ana bissa dendi ewe fula ga adangbe gen mina gurma hausa kabye kposo lamba logba losso mamprusi moba tem yoruba v t e yoruba topics history timeline of yoruba history ifẹ ife empire oyo empire yoruba wars subgroups ijesha egba egun egbado igbomina awori akoko okun ana ekiti ilaje olukumi yoruboid languages yoruba ulukwumi lucumí ede ifè mokole itsekiri igala politics rulers of dassa rulers of icha rulers of ketu rulers of sabe olota of ota ijebu kingdom egba alake iwo kingdom owu kingdom ondo kingdom akure kingdom oke ila ila yara ila kingdom idoani confederacy nigeria geography yorubaland states ouémé plateau collines borgou alibori zou donga plateau kétou major cities lagos oyo ogun osun ondo ekiti kwara kogi edo lagos ibadan ilorin abẹokuta ọyọ ilé ifẹ akure ogbomosho owo osogbo ado ekiti iwo ondo city porto novo demographics yoruba people nigeria benin togo saros sierra leone united kingdom united states canada cuba jamaica brazil trinidad and tobago culture art music highlife religion calendar language yoruboid numerals names literature education philosophy medicine architecture yoruba wikipedia yoruba retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ifè_people_ togo oldid 1375428622 categories ethnic groups in togo ethnic groups in benin yoruba subgroups hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata short description is different from wikidata related ethnic groups needing confirmation articles using infobox ethnic group with image parameters cs1 french language sources fr this page was last edited on 17 september 2026 at 18 47 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc a non profit organization privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers 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