The Efik are an ethnic group located primarily in southern Nigeria, and western Cameroon. Within Nigeria, the Efik can be found in the present-day Cross...
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Efik mythology consists of a collection of myths narrated, sung or written down by the Efik people and passed down from generation to generation. Sources...
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Efik /ˈɛfɪk/ EF-ik (Usem Efịk) is the indigenous language of the Efik people, who are situated in the present-day Cross River State and Akwa Ibom State...
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Efik names are names borne by the Efik people of Southern Nigeria and Western Cameroon. The naming system of the Efik is unique and differs from contemporary...
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Obong of Calabar (category Efik people)
Calabar is the traditional ruler and custodian of the culture of the Efik people of Western Africa. The Obong is referred to as a natural ruler (because...
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The Efik religion is based on the traditional beliefs of the Efik people of southern Nigeria. The traditional religious beliefs of the Efik are not systemised...
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The following is a list of gods and goddesses from Efik mythology. The Supreme God is known as Abasi. He is regarded as the father of all things. In some...
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Abakuá derives much from the Ékpè society, which was established by Efik people living around the Cross River basin of West Africa during the 18th century...
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ancestrally related to the Efik people of the Cross River State, the Ibeno and Eastern Obolo (ie Adoni East) in Akwa Ibom, the Andoni people in Rivers State, Ohafia...
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for thousands of years. The group is related to the Efik people. It is believed that the Anaang people originated from Egypt and began their migration from...
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Duke Town (redirect from Efik Kingdom)
Duke Town, originally known as Atakpa, is an Efik city-state that flourished in the 19th century in what is now southern Nigeria. The City State extended...
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The Efik calendar (Efik: Ñwed ọfiọñ Efịk) is the traditional calendar system of the Efik people located in present-day Nigeria. The calendar consisted...
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peoples of southeastern Nigeria and the southwestern Cameroon in the Cross River region. It is also used by neighboring Ibibio, Efik and Igbo peoples...
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Calabar (section Calabar people)
State, Nigeria. It was originally named Akwa Akpa, in the Efik language, as the Efik people dominate this area. The city is adjacent to the Calabar and...
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Mary Slessor (category People from Aberdeen)
Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Nigeria. Once in Nigeria, Slessor learned Efik, one of the numerous local languages, then began teaching. Because of her...
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Ekombi (category Efik)
the Efik people of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. The dance's movements are inspired by the waves and motions of the ocean tides, as the Efik are...
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of the Efik people Efik mythology, the mythological beliefs of the Efik people Efik religion, the traditional religion of the Efik people Efik name, the...
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Efik literature (Efik: Ñwed ikọ Efịk) is literature spoken or written in the Efik language, particularly by Efik people or speakers of the Efik language...
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Killing of twins in Nigeria (category Efik)
practice among some ethnic groups in Nigeria, predominantly among the Efik people. Giving birth to twins was considered a bad omen that could bring devastation...
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more native speakers. Efik-Ibibio is a dialect cluster spoken by about 15 million people of Akwa Ibom State and about 5 million people of Cross River States...
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(Ghost) is a cultural society art form that originates from the Efik, Ibibio and Annang peoples in the Cross River/Akwa Ibom in Southern Nigeria. The practice...
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(1968) [1st pub. 1956], "An Ethnographic Sketch of the Efik people", in Forde, Daryll (ed.), Efik Traders of Old Calabar, London: Dawsons of Pall Mall OCLC 67514086...
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amongst the Ibibio/Efik tribe, the soup is also known as white soup due to absence of palm oil in it. White soup is a soup prepared by people of the Southern...
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Kalabari tribe (redirect from Kalabari people)
the people moved to other fishing settlements. Portuguese settlers continued to maintain the name Calabari which became surrounded by the Efik people of...
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originates from the Ibibio People of Akwa Ibom in Southern Nigeria. They share this soup with their neighbors the Efik people of in Calabar, Cross River...
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Afang is a vegetable soup which originated with the Efik people, Ibibio people and Ananng people in southeast Nigeria. It is prepared with waterleaf,...
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Scottish missionary Mary Mitchell Slessor, who had done much work with the Efik people around Calabar, was a driving force behind the establishment of the Institute...
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originates from the Efik People of Cross River State in South South Nigeria. It is popularly known amongst the Cross River State people. The soup is made...
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edible yams Afang Nigeria A vegetable soup which has its origin from the Efik people in the southeast of Nigeria Ahriche Morocco Tripe wrapped around sticks...
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fried fish. It is served with frejon on Good Friday. In Nigeria, the Efik people use dry garri to thicken light soup like 'egg soup and white soup (also...
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