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Ndoki also known as Ọkwa [1] are a tribe of Igbo people that are located at the hinterland of Igboland and coastal region of Bonny and Opobo.. Pre-colonial Ndoki covers 450 square kilometres (170 sq mi) with rich farmland which borders Imo River on the East and Aba River in the South bounded by Ika and Obong villages. [2]
Dancers in Akwa Ibom traditional attire. In the pre-colonial period, what is now Akwa Ibom State was divided into various city-states like the Ibom Kingdom and Akwa Akpa before they later became a British protectorate in 1884 as a part of the Oil Rivers Protectorate. [19]
Igbo land (Standard Igbo: Àlà Ị̀gbò) [4] [5] is a cultural and common linguistic region in southeastern Nigeria which is the indigenous homeland of the Igbo people. [6] [7] Geographically, it is divided into two sections by; eastern (the larger of the two) and western. [6]
The Efik were originally from the Ibom Kingdom and might have left before or during the Aro-Ibibio Wars. Akwa Ibom State is one of the present two states created from the old Akwa Akpa kingdom, Cross River State being the sister state. [2] The people of the Ibom Kingdom also called themselves Mbot Abasi (the people of God).
Obong Okon Ita was an Ibibio king of Ibom Kingdom with its seat of government in Obot Okon Ita. His kingdom was located between present day Abia and Akwa Ibom states in Southeastern Nigeria . He is the father of Akakpokpo Okon and Akpan Okon who fought for supremacy for the rulership of Ibom Kingdom [ 1 ]
Oron being in existence in the pre-colonial period of Nigeria and was formerly a part of the province called the South-Eastern state, they were later part of Cross River State and now part of Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. [citation needed] Oron people own up to the fact that the Ibeno, who dwell among the Ekids share similar ancestral history ...
The city-state of Akwa Akpa was founded in 1786 by Efik families (a branch of the Ibibio) who had left Creek Town, further up the Calabar River. They settled on the east bank in a position where they were able to dominate traffic with European vessels that anchored in the river, and soon became the most powerful Ibibio merchants in the region ...