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Emo de Medeiros (born 1979), photographer, video artist, textile artist, painter, performance artist, and sculptor; lives in Paris and in Cotonou, Benin; Soraya Milla (born 1989), French-born of Beninese descent independent filmmaker
Figures like Paul-Emile de Souza, a president of Benin, and Chantal de Souza Boni Yayi, a former first lady of Benin, typify the class. According to the de Souza family, he was the eighth -eneration descendant of Tomé de Souaa (1503–1579), a Portuguese nobleman who was the first governor-general of the Portuguese colony of Brazil from 1549 ...
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.
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 ...
Kossi Aguessy (1977–2017), Togolese-born Brazilian industrial designer, sculptor; Didier Ahadsi (born 1970), Togolese-born Ewe self-taught sculptor; Paul Ahyi (1930–2010), sculptor, designer, architect, painter, interior designer, author; credited with designing of the national flag
Pages in category "Togolese people of Beninese descent" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Serge Akakpo
The Fon people, also called Dahomeans, Fon nu or Agadja are a Gbe ethnic group. [2] [3] They are the largest ethnic group in Benin, found particularly in its south region; they are also found in southwest Nigeria and Togo. Their total population is estimated to be about 3,500,000 people, and they speak the Fon language, a member of the Gbe ...
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