Adja
The Adja , also Aja , are an ethnic group of around 591,800 members in Benin . More of the 781,000 Adja live in Togo (as of 2014).
The associated language Aja from the group of Gbe languages is related to the Ewe . A distinction is made between the dialects Hwégbé (Hwe, Ehoué, Hweda) and in Benin Dógbó-Gbé; in Togo Tágóbe, strictly speaking, is called Aja-Gbe - but the name of the tribe is also often mentioned.
In the 12th or 13th century, the Adja migrated from Tado to the south of what is now the Republic of Benin.
Around 1550 Adja became ruler in the Fon kingdom of Allada ; from 1650 the regent of Dahomey with the capital Abomey founded by Fon and Adja around 1615 is also an Adja.
According to legend, the Kingdom of Ardra existed before : In the 17th century there were succession disputes between three brothers who then agreed to divide the land. Kokpon, the oldest, received Great Ardra or Allada ; Do-Aklin (even if there are problems with the temporal classification, many see him as Dakodonu ) raised Abomey to his royal city and Te-Agdanlin resided in Ajatche, the kingdom of Little Ardra or Aja .