Efik
Americannoun
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a member of a people of southeastern Nigeria near the mouth of the Calabar River, closely related to the Ibibio.
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the Benue-Congo language of these people.
noun
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a member of a subgroup of the Ibibio people of SE Nigeria
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the language spoken by this people, variously classified as belonging to the Benue-Congo or Kwa divisions of the Niger-Congo family
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This apparently is good enough for 7,000 Ibibio, Ibo and Efik tribesmen in eastern Nigeria, who have gone ahead to organize their own branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
From Time Magazine Archive
When they looked at him doubtfully, he mentioned the army general who was Efik, the director who was Ijaw, the minority soldiers who were fighting so brilliantly for the cause.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
He remembered the Ijaw and Efik men he had spoken to at a bank in Owerri, who said the Igbo would dominate them when Biafra was established.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
He once asked Okon to teach him some simple sentences in Efik, but Susan had stopped it after she found them both in the study, Okon fidgeting as Richard pronounced the words.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
She wanted to work at Arochuku, the chief city of Aros which was also near the Efik, Ibo and Ibibio tribes.
From White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor by Bueltmann, A. J.
Ibos, indeed, are in the majority, yet there are millions of Ijaws, Ibibios, Efiks, Ekois, Annangs and others living in the former Eastern Region.
From Time Magazine Archive
Christian missions have been at work among the Efiks since the middle of the 19th century.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
The practice, on the other hand, is execrated by the Efiks of Old Calabar, who punish any attempts of the kind with extreme severity.
From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
EGBO, a secret society flourishing chiefly among the Efiks of the Calabar district, West Africa.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
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