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Agbozume
Sign in to saveAgbozume or Klikor-Agbozume is a town in Ketu Municipal District in the Volta Region of southeastern Ghana. The main language spoken is the Ewe language.
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- human settlement
- Country
- Ghana
- Located in
- Ketu Municipal District
- Continent
- Africa
- Elevation
- 12
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Agbozume or Klikor-Agbozume is a town in Ketu Municipal District in the Volta Region of southeastern Ghana. The main language spoken is the Ewe language.
==History== thumb|right|Fetish Temple of the Somey, Agbozume, 1890 Agbozume is a settlement of the Somey people, whose subordinate position to the Anlo was confirmed in 1912 when Francis Crowther, Secretary for Native Affairs in the Gold Coast included Agbozume in the Anlo State under his friend Togbi Sri II. Agbozume-Klikor is perceived to be a very powerful town. Klikor has one the most powerful shrines in Ghana. They believe that the God's of Klikor protect them from evil. Even though the Trokosi culture practice has been abolished in most parts of the world, the people of Klikor still practice it.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Agbozume” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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