Month: March 2025

EJAGHAM NATION: The Ejagham Qua Cluster Ejagham Qua Ejagham Qua, was founded by Prince Ikang Eta and his father Ndidem Eta Nyak Ntison. The Quas were the first to settle in Calabar as early as 1000 BCE and they brought to Calabar, the Ejagham Traditional Practices and Cultural Expressions which...

THE OBASI-NJOM – (God of Cult Agency) INTRODUCTION It is a well-known fact that Africans believe in a multiplicity of gods. This statement is true of the Ejagham people who are found partly in Manyu Division, South West Region of Cameroon and in the Cross River State of Nigeria. These...

Introduction Mbing Ekan is a coming-of-age naming ceremony. “Mbing” means “Name” and “Ekan” means “Age Grade.” In this context, Mbing Ekan refers to the coming-of-age naming ceremony of an age grade, a significant and consequential Ejagham traditional practice. This ceremony marks an age grade’s transition into adulthood within the community,...

Celebrating Ejagham Author Brief Background and Career Born on the 1-Dec-1984 in Babong, by Ashu Bernard Ekem and Ndep Philomina Tabot; Ekem Festus Egbe is the fourth child out of eight and the only boy child. In October 1996 after passing my First School Leaving Certificate and common Entrance Exams,...