Kposo people

{{Short description|Ethnic group living in Ghana and Togo}} {{Infobox ethnic group | group = Kposo | native_name = Akposo | total = 162,000 | total_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/kpo|title=Ikposo|website=Ethnologue|accessdate=12 March 2019}}</ref> | regions = Plateau Region (Togo), Ghana | languages = Kposo | religions = Predominately Catholicism }} The '''Kposo''' or '''Akposso''' people ({{langx|kpo|Akpɔsɔ}}) are an ethnic group living in the Plateau Region of southern Togo, west of Atakpamé, and across the border in Ghana. Their ethnic language is Kposo or Ikposo.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

==Economy==

Akposso farmers grow cocoa and coffee as cash crops. Traditional crops include yams, maize "(ɖzukklɔ)"and fonio.

==Culture==

The traditional Akposso calendar has five days in each week. These are Imle, Ekpe, Ewle, Eyla, and Eva.

Fonio ({{langx|kpo|ɔva}}) is culturally important. An annual festival called "Ovazu" ({{langx|kpo|Ɔvazu}}) is held around harvest time, and in Togo it is held together with the Akebus.

==References== <references />

==External links== *[http://www.bisharat.net/Demos/Akposso Akpɔssɔ Français English Utsyi Ʋli] *[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kpo Ethnologue report on Ikposo/Akposo]

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