Polity Kingdom of Agwe

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Was a precolonial polity in Benin created by the Ewe people.

Establishment

  • January 1813: Ewe state of Agwe founded in present-day Togo.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • December 1885: In 1885, Aneho was ceded to German Togo in a border treaty on December 24th. The exchange involved Kapitaï and Koba, which later became Conakry in Guinea.
  • July 1886: The border between the Gold Coast (now Ghana) and Togo was defined through a treaty between Great Britain and Germany in 1886.
  • October 1886: In 1886, Aného-Glidji, a territory in Togo, was under French control until the Germans took over. The French presence was no longer effective after the German takeover.

Disestablishment

  • January 1896: Kingdom of Agwe annexed by France.