Efik

At the time in the workshop, I was writing a story about an Efik woman in Nigeria who learned to fly.

Elegies to Octavia (Continually Updated) 2006

At the time in the workshop, I was writing a story about an Efik woman in Nigeria who learned to fly.

SeeLight: 2006

For me as a Nigerian-American of Krio, Efik and Igbo heritage.

Conversation with my friend uknaija 2006

Take as an instance, the Efik race, or people of Old Calabar, some 6,000 wretched remnants of a once-powerful tribe.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

Circumcision, even on the eighth day as amongst the Efik of the old Calabar River; but this is a familiar custom borrowed from Egypt by the Semites; it is done in a multitude of ways, which are limited only by necessity; the resemblance of the Mpongwe rite to that of the Jews, though remarkable, is purely accidental.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

Originally fishermen, the Efik were ideally situated near the estuary of the Niger River to take advantage of the bitter competition for slaves.

The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985

As avaricious middlemen soon equipped with European arms, the Efik came to control the entire trade with the hinterland; their name, in fact, is derived from an Ibibio-Efik word meaning “oppress,” a name received from those neighboring tribes on the lower Calabar and Cross rivers whom the Efik prevented from establishing direct contact with the white traders.

The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985

To keep order and discipline, the Efik depended on the agents and executioners of the Egbo.

The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985

At any one time during the later years of the slave trade, the Efik lands were crowded with newly acquired slaves, most of them thoroughly demoralized.

The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985

The prevailing winds and currents forced all ships returning to Europe or the Americas from the Ivory and Gold Coasts to pass eastward toward the Slave Coast and close to the shores of Efik lands.

The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985