Akrofu


Akrofu is predominantly a farming community in the Ho Municipality of Volta Region, Ghana. It is noted for the production of rice, okro, cassava and garri.

Geography

Akrofu is about 10 km from Ho, the Volta regional capital. It has Sokode to the south west, Klefe, Ziavi, and Hlefi to the south east, Wegbe Kpalime to the North West and Bame to the North East.
Akrofu is made up of two major communities; Xeviwofe and Agove with Xeviwofe being the seat of the Fiaga. There are other settler villages such as Dzebukope, Kpetorkope, etc as part of Akrofu's traditional setup.

History

The people of Akrofu migrated from Ile Ife a Yuroba city in Nigeria with other Ewe groups and later through Dahomey, Benin. This group finally disintegrated in Notsie in the Republic of Togo. They were led from Notsie by their leaders Amega Blema, Xortor, and Xe. Amega Xe died when they got to the current settlement of the people of Akrofu. Few people were selected to stay on that land in memory of their late leader Amega Xe. The others moved on to form Saviefe, Sovie, and Alavanyo communities. These four communities are collectively called Sakomeawo and they celebrate the SASADU Festival.
After the death of Amega Xe, Kanuda Kodzo took over the mantle to establish the current Akrofu community.