Togbe Agorkoli

{{Short description|Mythical ruler of the Ewe people}}

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Togbe Agorkoli (Eʋegbe: Togbe Agɔ Akɔli) was a dictator and draconian ruler of Notsie, a town in modern Togo.{{cite journal |last1=Meyer |first1=Birgit |title=Christianity and the Ewe Nation: German Pietist Missionaries, Ewe Converts and the Politics of Culture |journal=Journal of Religion in Africa |date=2002 |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=167–199 |doi=10.1163/157006602320292906 |jstor=1581760 }} During his rule, the Ewe people in what is now known as Ghana and Togo escaped from Notsie to their present lands.{{cite journal |last1=Greene |first1=S. E. |title=Notsie Narratives: History, Memory, and Meaning in West Africa |journal=South Atlantic Quarterly |date=1 October 2002 |volume=101 |issue=4 |pages=1015–1041 |id={{Project MUSE|39110}} |doi=10.1215/00382876-101-4-1015 |s2cid=143913786 }}