Tem (African people)

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Name (Latin)
Tem (African people)
Other forms of name
Cotokol (African people)
Kiamba (African people)
Kotokol (African people)
Kotokoli (African people)
Temba (African people)
Tim (African people)
Timu (African people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Ethnology Benin
Ethnology Ghana
Ethnology Togo
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q739827
Library of congress: sh 85133683
Sources of Information
  • African ethonyms:p. 181 (Tem (Temba, Kotokoli, Kiamba) Togo, Benin)
  • Ethnologue:p. 332 (Tem (Kotokol, Cotokol, Tim, Timu, Temba) Togo, Benin, Ghana)
  • Murdock world cult.:p. 45 (Tem (Kotokoli, Temba))
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Wikipedia description:

The Tem (also known as the Temba or Kotokoliare) an ethnic group of West Africa, mainly living in Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, and Ghana. There is reported to be about 417,000 of the Tem, with 339,000 in Togo, 60,000 in Ghana and 18,000 in Benin. They speak the Tem language.

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