Ewe Cultural Universe on Video

Compiled by Chris Collins, Spring 2021

During my Spring 2021 seminar "Structure of Ewe", I started every class with a five minute cultural video. I thought this would help the students get a flavor for Ewe culture, and that might make them more interested in the linguistic structures we were investigating. I repeated the exercise during my Fall 2021 Field Methods course (on Pekigbe, a dialect of Ewe). 

Here are the results of my efforts.

At fufu restaurant in Lome, Togo

[Duration: 1:38][Category: food][Ewe: fufu]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY7KU7PFkkM

How to prepare yam fufu

[Duration: 6:15][Category: food][Ewe: fufu]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsNsvw-Q3Ac

The village where childbirth is banned

[Duration: 1:39][Category: religion]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXF4kGpgxB0

Strange Customs: Women are not allowed to give birth in this town in Ghana.

[Duration: 8:45][Category: religion]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMXx6LxHbI8&list=WL&index=54

Dzigbordi Dance Drumming

[Duration: 10:00][Category: music][Ewe: agbadza]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISy5LnHz3e8

Miwɔe nam le agbe me Part 2 - Nɔvinyo Bɔbɔbɔ Band, Kpando Vol. 3

[Duration: 31:23][Category: music][Ewe: bɔbɔbɔ]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc7FpDZw2UY

Ampe Adenta Project

[Duration: 1:05][Category: games][Ewe: ampe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VjX1dq2IvU

Ampe

[Duration: 1:34][Category: games][Ewe: ampe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZPeon377mM

Nana Benz Trailer Official

[Duration: 1:22][Category: commerce, clothing][Ewe: avɔ ‘cloth’]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0tt_juRbxs 

Togo pays de pagne et couture (subtitles in English)

[Duration: 6:58][Category: commerce, clothing][Ewe: avɔ ‘cloth’]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTBv1hpbARk 

Palm Wine Making in Eastern Ghana

[Duration: 3:15][Category: food][Ewe: deha ‘palm wine’]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL4TbzNhoO8&t=30s

How Palm Wine is Made in Ghana

[Duration: 2:02][Category: food][Ewe: deha ‘palm wine’]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beOqyTL4ozA

Kente cloth weaving in Ewe, Ghana

[Duration: 2:35][Category: clothing][Ewe: eʋevɔ]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06_o6MdgdWc

Kente Weaving (Documentary of traditional Ghana cloth)

[Duration: 2:17][Category: clothing][Ewe: eʋevɔ]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIe3ZmvOxGI

Snugli

[Category: parenting][Ewe: evikpakpa “carrying baby on back”]

https://www.myamericannurse.com/the-snugli-story/

Ghanain Baby Wraps

[Duration: 0:52][Category: parenting][Ewe: evikpakpa “carrying baby on back”]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWkiTRQsJs8

How to Tie Baby on Your Back Ghanaian/African Style 

 [Duration: 3:28][Category: parenting][Ewe: evikpakpa “carrying baby on back”]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0yKXUxj0GQ

My stolen childhood: understanding the trokosi system – BBC Africa Eye documentary

[Duration: 25:41][Category: religion][Ewe: trokosi, vodusi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AnwkixlhxM

An African boy’s remarkable odyssey to the arctic

[Duration: 4:24] [Category: history]

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-48107317

Hogbetsotso

[Category: History][Ewe: agbogbo]

http://verbafricana.org/hogbetsotso/b-hogbetsotso.htm

BD-Agbogbo – La Muraille du Roi Agokoli

[Duration: 2:22][Category: History][Ewe: agbogbo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1h3iuUhnkg&t=17s

Tutu gbovi

[Duration 1:13][Category: Music]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22q1JB7vUPA

Tu Tu Gbovi

[Category: Music]

https://www.bethsnotesplus.com/2012/12/tu-tu-gbovi.html

The Benin ‘Yovo’ Chant!

[Duration: 0:23][Category: children][Ewe: yovo ‘white person’]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hCRUJIsN00

How To Make The Famous Ghana Street Food Yor Ke Gari

[Duration: 8:05][Category: food][Ewe: Gari]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AefPDSBcw_I

How to make luxurious gari fortor

[Duration: 9:14][Category: food][Ewe: gari]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7nmzBwqxYI

How I make Gari soakings GHANA

[Duration: 2:24][Category: food][Ewe: gari]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLkdBgdiDhs

How to Make Ghana Homemade Gari in Abroad

[Duration: 9:46][Category: food][Ewe: gari]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV66vyoewkE

Languages of New York City

[Category: language][Ewe: egbewo ‘languages’]

https://languagemap.nyc/Explore/Language/Ewe

Radio Garden

[Category: language]

http://radio.garden/settings/introduction

Basel Mission Archives

[Category: history]

https://www.bmarchives.org/

Colonial Borders: GHANA and WESTERN TOGOLAND

[Duration: 14:28][Category: History]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE7dzdjKFfA

WWI: The crucial battle for Togo

[Duration: 4:20][Category: History]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAK8wOHfkJ4