26 Dec 2025 Anthropology and Ethnography Cultural Heritage Ethnohistory Historical Studies Nsibidi: Africa’s Lost Script — The History of the Ancient Efik-Ibibio Writing System and Its Use in the Ekpe Society Nsibidi (sometimes spelled “Nsibiri”) is one of Africa’s oldest indigenous writing systems. Originating among the Ejagham people of southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon, it was later adopted and expanded by…
