▁(" origin ▁of ▁human ity ") ▁or ▁M aw ufe ▁(" home ▁of ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Being "). ▁It ▁is ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁inhabitants ▁of ▁K etu ▁were ▁pressed ▁west ward ▁by ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁wars ▁between ▁the ▁t enth ▁and ▁the ▁th ir teenth ▁century . ▁In ▁K etu , ▁the ▁ancest ors ▁of ▁the ▁G be - spe aking ▁pe op les ▁separated ▁themselves ▁from ▁other ▁refuge es ▁and ▁began ▁to ▁establish ▁their ▁own ▁identity . ▁ ▁Att acks ▁between ▁the ▁th ir teenth ▁and ▁the ▁fif teenth ▁century ▁drove ▁a ▁large ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁group ▁still ▁further ▁west ward . ▁They ▁settled ▁in ▁the ▁ancient ▁kingdom ▁of ▁T ado ▁( also ▁St ado ▁or ▁St ád ó ) ▁on ▁the ▁Mon o ▁river ▁( in ▁present - day ▁T ogo ). ▁The ▁T ado ▁kingdom ▁was ▁an ▁important ▁state ▁in ▁West ▁Africa ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁late ▁fif teenth ▁century . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁th ir teenth ▁or ▁four teenth ▁century , ▁the ▁N ots ie ▁( or ▁N ots é , ▁N ots ye , ▁W anc é ) ▁kingdom ▁was ▁established ▁by ▁em igr ants ▁from ▁the ▁T ado ▁kingdom ; ▁N ots ie ▁would ▁later ▁( around ▁ 1 5 0 0 ) ▁become ▁the ▁home ▁of ▁another ▁group ▁of ▁migr ants ▁from ▁T ado , ▁the ▁E we ▁people . ▁Ar ound ▁ 1 5 5 0 , ▁em igr ants ▁from ▁T ado ▁established ▁the ▁All ada ▁( or ▁Al ada ) ▁kingdom ,