A cannon shown on exhibition in a museum useful to illustrate how artillery pieces shift from tools of war to objects of display and prestige. Photo credit: Jürgen Kehrberger, via…
Map of Calabar. Photo credit; Wikipedia.
The Efik of Old Calabar developed one of West Africa’s most sophisticated socio-economic institutions: the “House system,” known in Efik as Ufok. Far more than…
The comey system was a key feature of commerce in Old Calabar, the main trading center of the Efik people along the Cross River in southeastern Nigeria. From the seventeenth…
The Efik people of southeastern Nigeria are historically associated with a cluster of settlements along the Calabar River that became collectively known to Europeans as Old Calabar. Among these settlements,…
Efik Kingdom. Photo credit; naijabiography.com
The history of the Efik people of southeastern Nigeria reflects centuries of movement, adaptation, and intercultural contact in the Cross River region. Known today for their…
Map of Western Nigeria. Photo credit: Wikipedia.
The Eastern Niger Delta region of Nigeria has long been home to some of the most politically sophisticated and economically dynamic city-states in West…
