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The cultural landscape of Koutammakou, on the border between Togo and Benin, has been shaped by the Batammariba people who have lived here since the 6th century. It is characterized by the mudbrick tower houses called takienta. People are strongly connected with the natural environment and continue practicing ancient rituals and traditions.
The Tammari people, also known as Batammariba, Tamberma, Somba, Otamari or Ottamari, are an Oti–Volta-speaking people of the Atakora Department of Benin where they are also known as Somba and neighboring areas of Togo, where they are officially known as Ta(m)berma.
World Heritage Sites ; Site Image Location Year listed UNESCO data Description Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba* Kara Region: 2004 1140bis; v, vi (cultural) The Koutammakou landscape in north-eastern Togo and neighbouring Benin is home to the Batammariba, whose remarkable mud tower-houses are known as takienta (sikien in the plural).
The Fon people, like neighboring ethnic groups in West Africa, remained an oral tradition society through the late medieval era, without ancient historical records. According to these oral histories and legends, the Fon people originated in present-day Tado, a small Aja town now situated near the Togo–Benin border.
Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba (French: Koutammakou, le pays des Batammariba) is a cultural landscape designated in 2004 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site at the border between northern Togo and Benin. [1] The area features traditional mud tower-houses which remain the preferred style of living.
The Aja or Adja are an ethnic group native to south-western Benin and south-eastern Togo. [2] According to oral tradition, the Aja migrated to southern Benin in the 12th or 13th century from Tado on the Mono River, and c. 1600, three brothers, Kokpon, Do-Aklin, and Te-Agbanlin, split the ruling of the region then occupied by the Aja amongst themselves: Kokpon took the capital city of Great ...
Benin (/ b ɛ ˈ n iː n / ⓘ ben-EEN, / b ɪ ˈ n iː n / bin-EEN; [9] French: Bénin ⓘ), officially the Republic of Benin (French: République du Bénin), is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. [10] It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east.
Ewe-speaking region (yellow). Ewe people are located primarily in the coastal regions of West Africa: in the region south and east of the Volta River to around the Mono River at the border of Togo and Benin; and in the southwestern part of Nigeria (close to the Atlantic Ocean, stretching from the Nigeria and Benin border to Epe). [7]