It took the loving people of Efik over five hundred years of migration to finally inhabit the coastal area of South Eastern Nigeria, Cross River State. Although the actual origins of the Efik people ...

In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian journalist and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani reflects on the role of traditional rulers in the 21st Century. With low expectations of elected ...

Ekombi dancers, adorned in colourful costumes, glided across the exhibition hall at the opening of Timi Kakandar's show at Quintessence, Victoria Island, Lagos, on March 28. For the audience, the ...

Following their induction into the Ntiero Edem Efiom Ekpo Royal House, the women were presented to the Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V. The Obong of Calabar noted that with their formal ...

It was festival of colours and excitement as the women of the Efik Kingdom (Mbono Iban Isong Efik) got together to drive the renaissance of the cultural heritage of the people through the exhibition ...

Five African-American women were on Saturday in Calabar embraced Efik as their ancestral root following their induction into the kingdom following a formal ceremony by Ntiero Edem Efiom Ekpo Royal ...

At a time when many fear that the written and visual literature of the Efik people is fading into memory, Deborah Etim Inyang is deliberately reviving it gently, boldly, and beautifully. Through her ...

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With low expectations of elected politicians in Nigeria, Barbara Etim James is convinced that the solution to many of the country's problems lies with its many chiefs, kings and queens. Two years ago, ...