The paramount chief of the Anlo Ewe state, seated at Anloga, whose office combines political headship with ritual seclusion. The Awoamefia is drawn in rotation from the Adzovia and Bate clans and appears publicly only on prescribed occasions. The title's sense is of one who hides or is concealed.
The Awoamefia presides over Hogbetsotso from within the state's ritual enclosure.