Kabye people

The Kabye (also known as Kabiye, Kabre, Cabrai), are a people living in the north central mountains and northern plains of Togo.[1] Evala is a form of traditional wrestling practised mainly by the Kabyé of northern Togo, in West Africa.[3][4][5] Evala is the penultimate element of this initiation rite, during which young men are separated from their families for one week, residing in special huts where they are fed and subject to mental training.[citation needed] The country's former president, Gnassingbé Eyadema, who took power in a coup, was of Kabye ethnicity.Angèle Patassé, the Togolese-born former First Lady of the Central African Republic, was also a member of the Kabye people.
Kabiye languageAnimismChristianityLogba peopleLogba or LugbaEwe peopleLutte traditionnelleinitiationGnassingbé EyademaFaure GnassingbéAngèle PatasséCentral African RepublicXinhuaBaribaAnlo EweKurteyTammariYorubaDemographics of TogoGa-AdangbeMamprusi