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Most metalwork objects produced have a practical purpose rather than a decorative one. Despite this, Ibibio coffins tend to be highly decorative. They feature ornamental painted metal motifs, colorful plastic sheets, and glass panels on the sides. [25] Many people who carve Ekpo masks live in Ikot Ekpene. [19]
In recent history, Ebira people inhabit a territory south-west of the confluence of the Niger and Benue Rivers though some Ebira communities also reside on the north-east of the confluence, [6] the territory surrounding the confluence is an ethnically diverse area with diffused cultural symbols. [7]
Aso ebi in recent times has become a city phenomenon that has spread to other West African cultures. [4] For example, in Sierra Leone and Cameroon aso ebi is rephrased as Ashobi with many participants unaware of its Yoruba origins. Dealers of imported and local textile materials have benefited from the boom in demand for uniform dressing.
The name "Efik" translates to "Oppressors" and is derived from the Efik-Ibibio verb root "Fik" (English: Oppress).The first letter of the word is correctly written as "Ẹ" and denotes plurality.
Prior to the British colonial era, the Obolo people were among the first to come in contact with the Europeans and traded mainly with the Portuguese. [citation needed] They worshipped a national deity called Yok-Obolo, the founder and spiritual head of the Obolo people, said to have been elevated to a god status upon death.
The Emishi (), also called Ebisu and Ezo, were a people who lived in parts of northern Honshū in present-day Japan, especially in the Tōhoku region.. The first mention of the Emishi in literature that can be corroborated with outside sources dates to the 5th century CE, [citation needed] in which they are referred to as máorén (毛人—"hairy people") in Chinese records.
The Kingdom of Nri (Igbo: Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì) was a medieval polity located in what is now Nigeria.The kingdom existed as a sphere of religious and political influence over a significant part of what is known today as Igboland prior to expansion, and was administered by a priest-king called an Eze Nri.
Adja is the original tribe, whence the rest of these—except for Gen—are descended. The 'Greater' Ewe ethnic group has further been considered to include the Gbe-speaking groups such as Gen, Phera, Mina, Adja, Ewe, Kotafon and Fon. Mina and Gen are mutually intelligible with Ewe and are regarded as dialects of Ewe.