Kpalime Traditional Area

The Kpalime Traditional Area is located mainly in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region of Ghana. This area originally was located partly within the Kpando District of the Volta Region but with the creation of new districts, it now falls within the South Dayi District.

Kpalime Traditional Area
Region Volta Region
District type Traditional Area
Capital Kpalime Duga
Paramount Chief Togbega Atigbladza Agbi Yao VIII
Reign April 2019 to date
Population

This traditional area includes the inhabitants of Wegbe, Kpale Kpalime, Todome Kpalime, Tsatee Kpalime, Tongor Kaira, To Kpalime, Hiama Kpalime and Kpalime Duga villages. They all belong to the Ewe ethnic group of Ghana. The main village or capital in this group is Kpalime Duga. The head of the Kpalime Traditional Area is the king or Paramount Chief with the title of Togbega (meaning Paramount King in Ewe).

One of the main neighbouring Traditional Areas include Peki with which it has close relations.[1] Other neighbours of the Kaplime Traditional area includ Anum which lies just inside the Eastern Region on the border with the Volta Region and Boso which is populated by the Guang people in the Asuogyaman District.[2]

Currently the Paramount Chief of Kpalime Traditional Area is Emmanuel Mawuyram Osae whose official name is Togbega Atigbladza Agbi Yao VIII. He is also the Chief of Kpalime Duga. The position had been vacant for about five years until he was installed in December 2019 at Duga.[1][2]

The inhabitants celebrate an annual Kpalikpakpaza or Kpalikpakpa festival usually in December, commemorating the valour of their ancestors during their migration from Notsie in Togo. This festival was only instituted in 1997.[3] The main celebration rotates between the various villages annually.

Notes
  1. "Kpalime installs Paramount Chief". ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. Anane-Amponsah, Mary (4 May 2019). "Kpalime installs new paramount chief". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. "Kpalime Celebrate Kpalikpakpa Festival". ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 5 November 1997. Retrieved 28 June 2020.

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