Sokodé

Sokodé lies between the Mo and Mono rivers in the country of the Tem, also known as Kotokoli. The town grew from older villages into a meeting place on the kola route between the forest lands to the west and the markets to the east. Its communities included descendants of local inhabitants as well as migrants from the Gurma country, while Mande and Hausa traders and craftspeople added to its commercial life. Chiefs of the surrounding villages were associated in the political system of Tchaoudjo.