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  The people of Ntrubo are also called Delose. The Delose speak the Delo language. They are Gurs who migrated from ancient Ethiopia and passed through several areas before getting to an area which would be in somewhere close to the Sissaala areas in the Burkina Faso then to Ghana. Delo is a Gur language that falls within the western Gurma language together with Vagla, Templima and Mo.   They are located in a group of communities in the south-eastern corner of the Nkwanta district, Oti Region reaching over into Togo. “Ntrubo” means “take the lead.” Furthermore, according to one Mr. Mpaniasah of Brewaniase, Ntrubo is from the word tiribo meaning “we own the area.” History goes that they dug wells to mark their territories and perhaps other tribes wanted to claim the lands.   There is a story about the Ntrubo people that they do not travel. The reason being that during the Second World War, the Ntrubo chief did not want his people to go and join the British army to...

 The people of Nyagbo and Tafi are related to each other. Their languages are closely related to each other and they fall under the Volta-GTM languages. They live at the upper parts of the Volta Region few kilometres away from Hohoe. Their regions are very mountainous as they first settled on mountains before later descending to their present settlements. They all trace their origin from present day Akan lands. TAFI-BAGBOR: The people of Tafi also called Bagbɔ lived at Asene before getting to their present settlements. They had to migrate as the Akans came in their huge numbers and they were outnumbered. They moved to the present day Kwahu mountain areas and from there to Asrabigabi within the valleys of Kwahu. Currently, the Volta Lake has overflown its boundaries and it has covered the ancestral home of the Bagbo hiding so many ancient Bagbo relics. The Bagbo crossed the Volta Lake by Raft in a bid to move far away from the Akans so during their movement, they were hoping to ...

According to Abutiate Philip Bright, the aboriginals* of the Avatime lands were gigantic. Migrants who moved to settle there encountered these giants and they had no choice than to settle with them but, the huge men were very mean to them and treated them badly. They forced them to farm for them, and do almost everything for them. The Giants were perceived wise as they enslaved the immigrants to cook and even do virtually everything for them. And even before they (the giants) eat, they make the Avatime immigrants taste the food before they eat it. The people were determined to rid themselves of the huge men forever but it seemed impossible. They had a secret meeting were they met and planned of a way to finally eliminate the huge men. An old man from among them volunteered to sacrifice himself for the people by poisoning the food and tasting it himself. They poisoned palm-wine and served it to the giants. As normally done, the old man was made to taste the drink before they consumed ...