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Nsibidi is used on wall designs, calabashes, metals (such as bronze), leaves, swords, and tattoos. [2] [8] It is primarily used by the Ekpe leopard society (also known as Ngbe or Egbo), a secret society that is found across old Cross River region among the Igbo, Ekoi, Efik, Bahumono, and other nearby peoples.
Law and order in Efik society was maintained via a number of secret societies. Some of the oldest of these societies were Nyana Nyaku and Nsibidi. The Ekpe society is estimated by most foreign scholars to have been introduced into Old Calabar in the 18th century. [61] Ekpe is first mentioned in the historical literature of Old Calabar in the ...
The Ekoi language is one of the Ekoid languages, a Bantoid language in the Niger–Congo dialect cluster. The Ekoi are the likely creators of the Nsibidi script, a script which can be seen in many surviving artifacts found in the areas inhabited by the Ekoi/Ejagham people, and which roughly translates into "cruel letters".
The Obolo people, [1] also known as the Andoni [2] or Doni, is an ethnic group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. [3] [4] Obolo people are of Ijaw ansestry and are primarily found in Rivers State and Akwa Ibom State.
Akata Woman is a 2022 young adult fantasy novel by Nigerian American author Nnedi Okorafor. [1] [2] It is the sequel to Akata Witch and Akata Warrior and the third book in her The Nsibidi Script series.
It is written in the Roman script as well as the Nsibidi formalized ideograms, which is used by the Ekpe society and Okonko fraternity but is no longer widely used. [149] Nsibidi ideography existed among the Igbo before the 16th century but died out after it became popular among secret societies, who made Nsibidi a secret form of communication ...
Nsibidi symbols. Ekpe, also known as Mgbe/Egbo (Ekoi language: leopard; derived from the Efik term for the same), is a West African secret society in Nigeria and Cameroon flourishing chiefly among the Ejagham.
Akata Witch (retitled What Sunny Saw in the Flames in Nigeria and the UK) is a 2011 young adult fantasy novel [1] written by Nigerian American author Nnedi Okorafor. [2] It was nominated for the Andre Norton Award [3] and it is the first novel in her The Nsibidi Scripts series; it is followed by two sequels, Akata Warrior (2017) [4] and Akata Woman (2022).