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Central Ibibio is the major dialect cluster of the Cross River branch of Benue–Congo. Efik proper has national status in Nigeria and was erroneously made...

Ibibio is the native language of the Ibibio people of Nigeria, belonging to the Ibibio-Efik dialect cluster of the Cross River languages. The name Ibibio...

some explorers describe the Efik as travellers who passed through the Ibibio country, others assert that the Efik are of Ibibio stock. Among the earliest...

north-west of Cameroon. The Efik language is mutually intelligible with other lower Cross River languages such as Ibibio, Anaang, Oro and Ekid but the...

to 3 million each of Karai-Karai Kupa, Kakanda, Edo, Igala, Idoma and Efik-Ibibio. Nigeria's linguistic diversity is a microcosm of much of Africa as a...

is also useful in the study of Efik and Ibibio mythology. Art is an underemphasized contributor to Efik mythology. Efik beliefs in Ndem and Ekpe were transmitted...

especially the Igbos, who are neighbors to the old Calabar people (the Efik, Ibibio and Annang). Nsibidi was used in judgement cases known as 'Ikpe' in Enion...

their common names and language that that include the Efik, Ibibio and Annang dialects of the Ibibio Language. The main seaport where slaves were moved out...

creator god of the Efik, Ibibio, and Annang people of Nigeria. The depiction of Abassi in Efik and Annang traditions is influenced by Ibibio mythology since...

Ekpo (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....

ethnicities that inhabit southeastern Nigeria, such as the closely related Efik and Ibibio people, are sometimes regarded as Igbo by other Nigerians and ethnographers...

which includes the 4 million speakers of the Efik-Ibibio cluster. Obolo Lower Cross proper: Efik-Ibibio, Ibino (Ibeno), Oro (Oron), Okobo, Iko, Ebughu...

southern Kogi and Benue states. The languages of Biafra were Igbo, Anaang, Efik, Ibibio, Ogoni, and Ijaw, among others. However, English was used as the national...

individual was born. The Efik originally had an 8-day week system. Among the days of the Efik week include, Akwa Ikwọ, Akwa Ederi, Akwa Ibibio, Akwa Ọfiọñ, Ekpri...

the Yoruba, who make up 21%; and the Igbo, who make up 18%. The Ijaw, Efik, Ibibio, Annang, and Ogoni are other Southern populations. Meanwhile, the Tiv...

(respectively known as nchuanwu, arimu and ahuji in Igbo; ntong in Efik-Ibibio; effirin in Yoruba, añyeba in Igala, aramogbo in Edo; etc.), occasionally...

language),okwukwo-wiri (in Ikwerre language), and ikong-ubong (in the Efik and Ibibio languages), "Akwukwor ri" (in Etche language). T. occidentalis is a...

Ejagham in present-day Southern Cameroon. Ibom is an old word used by the Efik / Ibibio / Annang /Eket people of Nigeria meaning the ancient universe, the cradle...

ancient tradition and mythology of the coastal southeastern Nigerians (Efik, Ibibio, Igbo, Bahumono and Annang people). Mami Wata often carries expensive...

northeast part of Nigeria, the Tiv people are in the north central, and the Efik-Ibibio are in the south South. The Bini people are most frequent in the region...