Ejagham Bakor

Ejagham Bakor Cluster

Ejagham Bakor cluster is in Cross River State in Nigeria; spanning through Ikom and Ogoja Local Government Areas

The constituent clans of this cluster are: Ekajuk, Nkum and Nkim in Ogoja Local Government while Ikom Local Government has Nta, Nsele, Nnam, Abanyum, Nde and Ofutop clans. Habiting a contiguous land mass, Bakor is bounded by the various state local government areas Viz, West and southwest by Yala; South by Obubra; Etung/Boki on the South/East; Bekwarra on the North, and on the East by Mbube Clan in Ogoja Local Government.

With one affinity, destiny, and an ancestral dialect, Bakor oral tradition and written records trace its origin to the Bantu race of East Africa, like other Ejagham clusters.

As for its sustainability, the Bakor land is blessed with tuber, leguminous, grains, and tree crops. These include various yam species, cassava, rice, beans, groundnut, grand piece, rubber, oil palm, and cocoa.

Women trade their pottery items, vegetables, particularly Okro and women designated tuber crops of water yam, cocoyam, and the cassava product of gari. Patronage comes from within and neighbouring towns including Calabar and the states of Benue and Ebonyi.

The males produce and trade yam, rice, cocoa, rubber, palm oil, etc. with neighbouring towns and states. Some ferry their products, particularly yam to Kumba in Cameroon and Calabar, through the Cross River and creeks.

Tourism is another vital area in the cluster’s economy. In ALOK and NKARASSI areas in the Ikom Bakor are MONOLITHS while the Oynghe FISH POND of over 500 meters wide is in Nta.

The economic activity of the people is also premised on Weaving, Smithing, Carving, and the production of Clay utensils among which are large pots.

The ponds, lakes, and rivers flowing through its territory make the people skillful fishermen and a boost to the economy.

Most of the people still cling tenaciously to imperative cultures despite the European and missionary activities in the territory out to obliterate. 

Towns and Villages in Ejagham Bakor Cluster