Oban Akachak Festival: Where culture meets nature In the heart of Nigeria’s rainforest lies Oban, a peaceful Ejagham community in Cross River State where the Akachak festival, an annual spectacle has found rhythm in the cultural chord of Nigeria. Oban, the richest part of Nigeria’s Biodiversity is reputed to be...
THE EJAGHAM NJEMAYA DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (ENDA) CULTURAL FESTIVAL (A revamp of Ejagham Heritage) Conscious of the need to foster unity and solidarity among the Ejagham Njemaya people, ENDA was conceived in Yaounde, through the initiative of Chief Dr NDUM Fidelis NKOM, and lunched in Kumba under the chairmanship of Chief...
See for yourself the rich and rare cultural expressions of the Ejagham nation comprising of Akamkpa, Bakor, Etung, Qua, Ejagham Cameroon etc.
Bakor is formed from two Ejagham words :” Ba “and “kor“. “Ba” means come. “Kor” means take. Bakor means ‘Come and Take’. During the advent of colonial administration, Ayokaba descendants within the central and The present cross river state North were shared between Ikom and Ogoja administrative areas for administrative convenience. In Ikom ,...
BRIEF BACKGROUND Without a doubt, OBAN is one of the pivotal communities in the development drive of Ejagham nation culturally and otherwise. It is therefore not a surprise that the OBAN extraction became the creator of a flagship annual cultural festival that has become the arena for socio-cultural interactions and...