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1Sharon:
Look, in black and white pictures you can still distinguish dark and light tones.
If you have any pictures of ancient light skinned igbos, please post them. I want to learn

Infolenka:
Bleaching creams don't affect your genes. I went to primary school with very light skinned half caste looking Igbo girls with Nigerian parents. One particular girl had blue eyes. We were all under 13 years old. This had nothing to do with bleaching cream.

ednut1:
i was about to go look for this. The old pics of igbos they were not that fair lol

Here are some of their ancient pictures that you can see the different complexions.
Also another picture that you can see the light eye color.

Samantha125:
It's nice to see something different for a change, these ones look more traditional than those Western designed dresses with corsets.

Most do wear their traditional maiden outfit before changing to the modern corset outfits.
Like many Igbo brides, Efiks, Oron brides like Eve Esin.
This is Efik maiden traditional outfit.
The Efiks and Oro/Oron brides like Eve Esin from the Old Calabar region do change into a ball gown, which might have a corset.
The 2nd pictures shows Eve 2nd outfit.
For the Efiks and Oron the ball gowns are not modern concept, they've been wearing it since they got colonized in the 18century. Example is the 3rd pictures below.
The last picture are some Efiks brides in their ball gowns combined with their traditional Efiks hairstyles, shawl, purse, shoes & staff..etc
You can see more about these 2groups & related groups like mine Ibibios here.
https://www.nairaland.com/478074/post-pictures-traditional-weddings/16
&
Efiks; https://www.nairaland.com/478074/post-pictures-traditional-weddings/10
Efiks & Oron pre-marriage rites (fattening room)
https://esopefik.tripod.com/efiktradition.html

SpencerForbes:
It is a Nigerian traditional marriage. Efik or Ibibio to be precise.

No it's not Ibibio or Efik but a related group to Efiks in AKS. Oro/Oron.

Goo0dHardDick:
Stop asking dumb questions. That's a Ghanaian attire. The man is a Ghanaian

You are the Dumb one because there's nothing Ghanian about Eve or her husband's attires🙄
@zoomzoom
That's Not Efik that's Oro/Oron. You can see the difference with Efik maiden below outfit below

madridguy:
Same as Aba and many town in Abia state, they used intermarriage to take over the towns from Akwa ibom people.

@TheMensch
Pure Lies ‼️
We Ibibios & Igbos know that there was a war in Arochukwu. Infact an Igbo historian has written the details about that war.
 

By religious and ritual links we mean those provided by the Ibini Ukpabi oracle of the Aro, an institution known in many Cross River communities, especially among the Efik-Ibibio, as Ibritam. The Ibini Ukpabi itself was a typical product of the contact situation existing between the Igbo and the Ibibio. According to its social charter it was, in the beginning, a local god of an Ibibio group. Then it was captured by the Igbo slaves of this Ibibio group, who successfully rebelled against their servile status and sought to turn the table on their masters, who chose instead to flee the region.  Under the control of these erstwhile Igbo slaves, the Ibini Ukpabi grew in influence to become, according to one authority, the most powerful oracle in West Africa by the nineteenth century.

Nigerian history, politics and affairs, Adiele Afigbo.
http://books.google.com/books?id=ez58Dwpa8JcC&pg=PA137/quote]

So as you can read the Ibibio masters left that region after their idol was stolen by their Igbo servants, they were not FORCED to change their language to become Igbo🙄
Infact most of the Ibibio village names have been corrupted by the Igbos there who can't pronounce Ibibio wordings, e.g Obot Okon Ita now called Obinkita which doesn't have any meaning in Ibibio.🤔

Akpakomiza2:
Oga it took two attempts not several. akwa ibom people are after the ruling party. The strongest politicians are all in APC

I am a Girl can't you see grl in my username?🙄
Alright we shall see if Akpabio a more powerful & 1st Annang governor couldn't win on 1st trial. A governor who's already under suspicion due to the untimely death of his wife will win under an unpopular party😏

Akpakomiza2:
Akwa ibom has now accepted APC

I guess you haven't heard that the majority are against & promising to vote out Umo Eno in 2027. I don't even think that Akpabio can save him, because it took several attempts for Akpabio to win under APC in Akwa Ibom.

Akpakomiza2:
He is from Nsit ubium na which is under Etinan federal constituency. The Annang will vote him so that power returns to them fast

But you were insisting that he was from Ikono🙄
Why should Annang vote for him, when they can vote for their son Ini Ememobong?😏
They Annang didn't even vote for their son Akpabio when he 1st join APC

Akpakomiza2:
Sorry he is from Ikono axis. My dear, let's be realistic. Majority will follow umo Eno. He will be re elected keep sentiments aside

I see you are not from AKS, I'm telling you as an Ibibio that he's referred to as "Owo Nsit". Which means that he's from 1 of the Nsit LGA.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umo_Eno#:~:text=Umo%20Bassey%20Eno%20(born%2024,All%20Nations%20Christian%20Ministry%20International.

Akpakomiza2:
Very correct. He is from the same zone that was supposed to get the Guber ticket that is it/ ibiono rather than ikono where the present governor hails from

Really🙄 how did Nsit that umo Eno is from become Ikono?? Also Ememobong is probably from Annang, besides he's not the only one resigning from Umo Enos camp, he's just the 1st.
They were very few people from his administration celebrating with him and Akpabio. Majority are echoing what I said that Umo Eno is a one term governor☹️

FalseProphet1:
I'm there live in the spirit and I've seen the pope. He's male, white, above 60 and he's an American.

This I have seen.

For the first time you have prophesied accurately ‼️🇺🇸

wink2015:
[b]1. Historical Settlement:
Before colonial borders, the Ibibio people occupied a much larger area stretching across parts of today's Akwa Ibom State, Cross River State, and some fringes of Abia State.

Particularly around the Arochukwu area, Abam, Ohafia, and nearby regions, there were pockets of Ibibio-speaking groups.

Some of these people were absorbed, conquered, or assimilated over centuries by expanding Igbo groups, especially during the Aro Confederacy period (17th-19th centuries).


2. Specific Places Where You Find Indigenous Ibibio Roots in Abia State
Arochukwu LGA
(Some of the ancestral inhabitants before the Aro conquest were Ibibio.)

Isu and parts of Ihechiowa
(In these communities, there are traditions that mention Ibibio ancestry or early settlement.)

Cross-riverine villages along the Abia-Akwa Ibom border.

However, today most of these areas are politically and culturally classified as Igbo — through assimilation, language shift, and intermarriage over centuries.

[/b]

First of all Cross River state are not Ibibios. There are several different ethnic groups in Cross River state & Akwa Ibom state whom aren't Ibibios. There are no pockets of Ibibio speaking group in Aro kingdom, because they would know how to pronounce Obot Okon Ita & not corrupt it to Obinkita which doesn't have any meaning in Ibibio.😏 Like the inventors of nsibidi Ejaghams who's Land stretches from Cross River state to Cameron. Other groups that are sometimes referred to as Ibibios in Cross River states are Efiks. Then there are Annangs, Ibibios, Oron and Andoni in Akwa Ibom state.
All these groups were sometimes referred to as Ibibios, but I'm telling you as an Ibibio that they are not Ibibios. We have different traditions and culture. Infact these differences was already discussed and explained years ago on nairaland.
https://www.nairaland.com/609355/whats-major-differance-igbo-people
&
https://www.nairaland.com/5529259/whats-difference-ibibio-efik-annang

wink2015:
Igbo Presidency Will Be Difficult With This Kind of Negative Publicity about Igbo expansionist behaviour.

The way some Igbos are damaging the image of the Igbo nation is not helping their political aspirations.

There are Ibibio communities in Abia State, particularly around the Arochukwu area.

The Kings in Ibibio do not call out the Igbos despite the fact that their people are indigenous to Abia state.

Please don't include us Ibibios in what does not concern us There are no indigenous Ibibios in Abia state, our elders left Ibom kingdom after loosing the war. It's just the names which has been corrupted, since they're no Ibibio speaking group left. Example Obot Okon Ita now called Obinkita🤨
Infact the neighboring ethnic groups in Akwa Ibom to Abia state is Annang, they get along with Igbos well, because they share some similar cultures.🤔

Ibini Ukpabi itself was a typical product of the contact situation existing between the Igbo and the Ibibio. According to its social charter it was, in the beginning, a local god of an Ibibio group. Then it was captured by the Igbo slaves of this Ibibio group, who successfully rebelled against their servile status and sought to turn the table on their masters, who chose instead to flee the region. Under the control of these erstwhile Igbo slaves, the Ibini Ukpabi grew in influence to become, according to one authority, the most powerful oracle in West Africa by the nineteenth century

Nigerian history, politics and affairs, Adiele Afigbo.

http://books.google.com/books?id=ez58Dwpa8JcC&pg=PA137/

obaidan:
This is the problem with some of you that think you know. Instead of you to get busy convincing the unintelligent amongst you(who are majority by the way) that will vote anything your governor says they should vote, you prefer to come online and garnish insult on any opinion you don't agree with. Your governor is there endorsing tinubu, using resources of akwa ibom to sway voters, you are here online shouting ridiculous lies, akpabio is this, akpabio is not that. Who is talking about akpabio. Rivers people did more than this one you are doing, wike did it for Apc
against his party, Fubara as PDP governor in charge, rivers is dominantly PDP, he gave the direction for votes to be cast for APM(abi what is the name of the party) in the LG election, it happened. This is the way they do elections in Nigeria when they are desperate and you are here identifying ridiculous lies. Call it anything you like, your akwa ibom governor is using ur state to stand as collateral for his own political future. You just continue attacking imaginary enemies and differing opinion online. That is what most of you are good for, and thats why the elite and political class who have dominated your fathers for years, are having their children dominate you and the dominance will still be extended on to generations after.

You are the one Insulting me read my post you quoted & compare to your repl. Also I was banned by spambott, when I replied to another post saying that our Governor endorsed Tinubu and the support is mainly so that Akpabio can be the nominee for 2027
Akpabio even has more influence than our current governor yet the majority aren't blindly following him or doing anything he says🙄
AKS are not River state people. Alright you can continue to believe the hype(LIES‼️) until then 😏

fergie001:
With Governor Eno’s open support for Tinubu’s reelection, THISDAY gathered that the entire machinery of the PDP in the state will be deployed for APC’s victory and also to facilitate the return of the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio to the upper chamber as president in 2027.
SOURCE[/u] [/url]

All these are exaggerations ‼️🙄 Akpabio doesn't have that much influence to change AKS to APC, he has tried but He Can't because he's from a minority group and not the majority Ibibio ethnic group of AKS🤔

obaidan:
But then that's the only combination that can challenge Tinubu. I am not saying for sure it will win but that is the closest to what can challenge tinubu. I am a very big fan of Obi but to be frank with you, obi has lost ground in the south south to the fierce politics and scheming of political ĺeaders in south south states. Cross river, rivers, edo, even akwa ibom will have huge votes go to Tinubu. Nigerian politicians are evil, they all see the payback Wike is getting from tinubu now and they are all ready to do same, put their lives on the line for tinubu.

🙄Pure Ridiculous Lies‼️😏 Akwa Ibom is a PDP state & the only other closest after is Peter Obi. Don't believe the hype about Akpabio he's Annang and not Ibibio the majority ethnic group, which is why he Can't succeed in turning Akwa Ibom to APC.

MrEverest:
The Ijaws will also want to claim some parts of Akwa Ibom. The only group in the old Eastern and Midwestern region that can effectively stop the Ijaws are Igbos. So, it’s only the ethnic groups that align with Igbos in the present SS, that will be saved. So, I believe the Ibibios if they’re smart might want to have some sort of alignment with Igbos to promote state viability and also protection against Ijaws.
As for made Biafra more viable.

Ijaw can't claim any region of Akwa Ibom except their Obolo, you think it's only Ibibios that occupy AKS😏
"Igbos that are smart" can't even claim their supposed villages Ohaobu & co from Ukanafun Annang region, but U want to protect ibibios.🙄
When we had quietly submitted our country proposal at the UN years ago, yet U have not even gone that far with your Biafra. U think it's about noise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRpxIoKL9Hw

Forkthiefnubu:
U don’t get it , you shud have allowed the guy to wallow in his ignorance rather than correcting him

I like to give people benefits of doubt as some can't tell the difference. Also for others who didn't know.

finallybusy:
Second marriage after him and Jude disturbed their brother for marrying omo Yoruba. One thing most people don't realize is, sometimes, somebody from your ethnic group is not always the best for you. Let's see how long this union lasts.

His 1st wife Anita was Kalabari-Ijaw, not from his ethnic group.🤔

Forkthiefnubu:
Why u responding to everything crawling out from under the rock

Are you blind🙄❔ Isn't that my 1st comment in this thread❓😏

@Disstroy
Since you refused to READ, I will post more screenshots from the history pages you should read.
Orons say that they're related to Ibeno & Obolo.🤨
Do you know that Efik fought a war with Uruan, which was the final straw, that made them to leave Uruan 🤔

Some Uruan pursued to retrieve back their stolen royal properties, and killed some Efiks in the process, which is a major reason that Efiks do not trust Ibibios, yet Efik originated from Uruan according to your Historians 🙄

After the Efik had settled at Ikpa Ene, a party of men from Uruan arrived there.[27] The men were wet and complained of hunger and fatigue.[27] Having pity on these men, the Efik gave them food and showed them hospitality.[27] At night when everyone had gone to sleep, the men from Uruan rose up and began to slaughter their hosts.[32] When the Efik realised what was going on, they rose and fought back.
A captured invader confessed that they were set to retrieve royal emblems which they believed the Efik had taken with them when they left Uruan. The items believed to have been taken include Ikpaya (woven raffia robe), Akata (throne) and Ayang (Broom).[33] Oku attests that it was the attack on the Efik that made them decide to leave Ikpa Ene, as they realised they were still too close to their enemies.[27] Aye argues that the Efik could not have taken the royal emblem of the Uruan people as they would have already had their own royal emblem.[32]
The Uruan invasion at Ikpa Ene is believed to be the origin of the Efik saying, "Ama okut Ibibio, ku nọ enye ikañ, Idem amasat Ibibio eyewot owo"'(or English: When you see Ibibio do not give him fire(to warm himself), when he is dry he will kill you).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efik_people

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaang_people

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekoi_people

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oron_people

DissTroy:
I don't know you but I can give you my full names. I and my team have been building the biggest digital repository of Akwa Ibom history, culture, people, and more. I've been in tou
I did something similar for my LGA in October, 2020, and it involved a deep dive into Ibibio culture with partnerships from some Akwa Ibom historians. The first of its kind.

There's Nothing like Akwa Ibom historians, when you are meeting with frauds Seems like you don't even know ibibio language.😏
1st of all each ethnicity like Annangs, Orons, Ekid(Eket) have their own history, which U can only understand if you understand their language.
Let me ask you a question ❔ Why do Efik share cultures with Ejaghams, who's land stretch from Nigeria to Cameroun if they came from Uruan ❓
Yet Uruan doesn't have any relationship with Ejagham. Even Orons share cultures with Ejagham & cultures including dressing with another group that are between Cameroun & Congo Balondo
Let me tell you that I not only speak Ibibio, but I speak Efik, Annang and %50 Oron, because I grew in a compound with an Oron family, & I understand more since their language is similar to Efik. I also know %30 Eket because my uncle's wife is from there, she taught me a bit, while I learn a bit from the similarities to Ibibio.
Ibibios & EFIK barely understand Annang, but I do and speak these languages. Arochukwu should not be a part of these conversations, because they only relationship they have to ibibio is living on stolen ibibio lands.
They are related to Ejagham, because a sub-group of Ejagham called Akpa help them to steal their ibibio masters idol Ibritam, which made their ibibio masters to abandoned the Ibom land to Arochukwu.
U should just read my history, do you know how much insults, I would have received from Efiks and Annangs if I told fake histories. But Most Especially how much Insults I've STOPPED from Efiks, Annangs & Orons accusing my Ibibio ancestors of stealing their cultures & calling them Ibibio 😡
When it's Frauds like you who are not even Ibibio
that are postingg these Fake histories on nairaland
Just because France, Spain & Italy speak similar romance languages. Does that mean that they have the same Origin
Since you are too lazy to read, I've posted screenshots from the thread that I explained details, including screenshot from wikipedia, where the true historians tell their history.

DissTroy:
Wrong!
Efik people are a subset of the Uruan people who are in turn a subethnicty of Ibibio. Efik or Efuk isn't even their original name. How dare you twist their history? Do you know the Efiks and Uruans speak the same variant of Ibibio, and the Efiks still go to Uruan to pay homage, including the Obong of Calabar?
The Oro (not Oron - Oron is a subset (1 LGA) of the Oro people (5 LGAs) ) - and the Efiks and the Uruans are related. That's why Efik culture is an exact replica of Uruan culture, including cuisines, marital rites, Ekpe cult, e.t.c.
The Ibibio comprise of Northern Ibibio (Annangs), Southern and others which includes the Uruans, what is today known as the Efik, the Oros, the Ekids, the Ikot Abasis, the Iman clans which spread to become Etinan, Ubium and the likes.
Annangs, Oros, Uruans, Efuks, and Ekids are subethnicities of Ibibio. Only the Ibenos and Eastern Obolos are different - they are historically migrant Ijaw fishermen who morphed with the Ibibios.
Go read about the Ibibio - Arochukwu war at Ibom. Parts of us migrated into Cameroon, not the other way round.
I don't know you but I can give you my full names. I and my team have been building the biggest digital repository of Akwa Ibom history, culture, people, and more. I've been in touch with professors of history from Akwa Ibom, been given access to these books, and still consult with them. The first of its kind in Akwa Ibom.
I did something similar for my LGA in October, 2020, and it involved a deep dive into Ibibio culture with partnerships from some Akwa Ibom historians. The first of its kind.
This Saturday, there's one of such meeting with these historians and even a book review by one (in the corridors of power). I hope I'd be back in time for it physically since I am part of the organizers. I'm careful not to reveal too much on Nairaland. Nigeria is unsafe else I'd have mentioned specific names and venue.

Did you actually READ the thread that I link of the Thread that I attached at the end ❓
Because if you didn't then it's a pure Waste of my time.
I already explained in that thread that I'm %100 Ibibio but I grew up in Calabar (EFIK) and Abak (Annang).
So I'm talking from the perspective of interaction with these people and experiencing their traditions.
It was an Annang indigene that started this thread asking the question.
https://www.nairaland.com/609355/whats-major-differance-igbo-people
I will post screenshot from the thread as example.

You're not meeting with true historians if they are lying to you that Annangs are western Ibibios, or that Uruan have the Exact same traditions as EFIK, when not even all of Uruan had interaction or share some cultures with Efiks. It's mainly Adadia Uruan and others like that I will post screenshot..
Nsukara Uyo is part of offot, which is my clan. They are the last village in Uyo neighboring to Uruan.

Thank God it's not like 13yrs ago when I was trying to explain, now wikipedia has contacted the real historians of Efiks and Annangs to write their history.
Because I was arguing with a Ghanaian who was in charge of the language section of wikipedia then 13yrs ago, that Annangs was a different ethnic group from ibibio.
He was the one that listed Annang as western Ibibios, EFIK and Oron as riverine Ibibio. Which U are using as your reference today 🙄
A Ghanaian who is not Nigerian doesn't even know any details, but use another clueless white man Greenberg as his reference.
He was the one also that combined Efik and Ibibio language= Efik-ibibio, without including Annang, that has more native speakers than Efik.

DissTroy:
Akwa Ibom State is chiefly Ibibio tribe. The Annangs, Oros, Ekids, and Uruans are all Ibibio subethnicities.
The Efiks of Cross River State who own Calabar and some parts of Cross River are an Ibibio subethnicity. of the Uruan who are an Ibibio subset.
So, yes, in many ways.

@Katcall
Not true Efik & Oron migrated from Cameroun area Usakedet, while Annangs migrated through Ghana which is the origin of their name. They both migrated to the ibibio region.
This thread explains more details.
https://www.nairaland.com/609355/whats-major-differance-igbo-people

DissTroy:
Not really. He got millions and cars from Akpabio as Governor, and the next thing he had relocated to the U.S. instead of building on the success of his hit song, album and cross-regional acceptability.

There were a number of then up-and-coming Akwa Ibom artistes in 2011 - 2012 he could have taken under his wings, including MC Galaxy, but he relocated abroad and was forgotten.

By the time he tried making a comeback, everyone had moved on. And he had no hit to match the "Akwa Ibom Ayaya" success. Same thing happened to Bigiano of the 2008 "Shayo" fame and Sean Tizzle of the 2013 "Sho le" fame.

Iyanya who released "Kukere" same time as Mish's "Akwa Ibom Ayaya" in 2011 from the same Akwa-Cross region stayed back and was a household name and mega star till 2016. He's made a comeback now.

He did not Relocate to the US, he was just visiting.
He also released other hit songs like this below in 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etZdUzJckUY?si=-JfIYY3bNZYtrWOh

nkemdi89:
His people has finally gotten him, after that music and the popularity not much was heard from him , his career nose dived.

He released other hit songs especially this 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etZdUzJckUY?si=-JfIYY3bNZYtrWOh

Puss360:
Lol... China and the whole of southeastern Asian countries eat lots of meat mainly pork... Dog , well they do, but isn't as popular as pork...
But you see Crossriver, and Akwaibom.. oh lord have mercy...
Dog meat is more valuable than any four legged animals...

Do your survey...

U're probably the one that own the dogmeat restaurant in Akwa Ibom😏 What survey❓
If you have ever step foot in those areas, especially Akwa Ibom. U will know that the few local bars that sell dog meat do so very discreetly, using code names to advertise it, e g. 404. But U are here spreading Ridiculous lies ‼️🙄
Meanwhile in your S.W village, snake meat is a delicacy, that u can't afford, but settling for Rat meat that is called Okon Calabar😕
Probably how U know so much about the type of neat consumed in Calabar, because U were there for their Okon Calabar 🤨

Arrewa:
A minority from Babur tribe, Borno was once a governor of Kano state... Shekarau once govern kano state and he is originally not from Kano but borno state!!

Can a minority tribe from akwaibom or calaba be allowed to govern Anambra state for 1 week??

You see why the north is highly united!! Here we don't care where you come from...

As long you speak like us... And Assimilate, you are one of us!!

In fact even if u don't speak Hausa as long u don't go about insulting people's religion or culture... You'll never have a problem staying in the north

What has Akwa Ibom got to do with this
U think we're like you with identity Crises who float around A supposed Fulani who can't speak their language, you abandoned your cultural heritage for Hausa language & culture .
No we Akwa Ibomites are not minorities, we can't leave our land to go to Anambra & adopt their, language & culture, while allowing ours to die just so that we can be elected governor of Anambra. That's not worth loosing our Roots & culture over!
Just like an Ibibio will be a minority in Anambra, an Igbo person is also a minority in Akwa Ibom & can't be governor of Akwa Ibom state, has nothing to with unity, but we will not abandoned our culture & language to pretend to be another, by promoting that culture & abandoning ours.
I will advise that since you have been inspired by Igbos, from reading your topics here, u try to promote your Kano state, calling your people "Fulani Amaka"..etc. Know that Igbos take more pride in their language, culture & traditions. So take pride in learning your Fulani language & culture, because portraying a fake unity of the north as your pride; will not save you in the long run. U are insulting your cultural heritage yourself by allowing your language & culture to go extinct, while promoting the Hausa language & culture.
Already U have started mentioning other ethnic groups in the North, where as 5yrs ago you would have claimed to be all Hausas & nothing else.

saintnegroid:
Luke will still win or Bassey Albert. Mark my words

So where are Luke and OBA now? Y didn't they win like U declared?

obynzo:
I detest people who exhibit crass ignorance and are still bold to talk rubbish. Oga look at the link below. There are indigenous igbo communities in Akwa Ibom

https://thesouthernexaminer.com/akwa-iboms-indigenous-igbo-p1668-197.htm

U are WORST than Ignorant For using such a useless article as your source. Everyone knows Efiks are approximately 1million, compared to more than 5milion Annangs & almost 10milion Ibibios, yet that article claims Efiks are the majority. Also Esit Eket and Eket are a subgroup of Ibibios; yet that article claims otherwise. Even claiming the Efiks who are indigenous to Cross River State as being a part of Akwa Ibom. No wonder it's claiming villages in Abia state as part of Ukanafun.
Ohaobu is a village in Abia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Abia_State
Villages in Ukanafun;
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukanafun#:~:text=Today%2C%20Ukanafun%20is%20made%20up,%2C%20Ikot%20Akpa%20Idem%2C%20etc
Go through my comments history, I said there is no such community in Ukanafun, I grew up in Abak the neighboring City of Ukanafun, have best friends from Ukanafun. They told me there's no Igbo community in Ukanafun
I even asked the daughter of Paramount ruler of Ukanafun, she told me again that There is No Igbo community in Ukanafun. What U have are boundary villages, with the Annang people being bilingual with the neighboring Igbo dialect.

danot1030:
Maybe I should educate you a little about Igbo culture, osu. If a man impregnate an igbo woman and didn't pay her dowry the child she born belongs to her father, which makes him authomatic igbo. The name Udoka is an Igbo name, not an Akwa Ibom name which is translated as peace.
Before you are denying him to Akwa Ibom first confirm if his father paid the mother's price.

Chizzyjforce:
Sorry, you can actually explain that without sounding harsh. By the way, what's the meaning of Udoka in Akwa Ibom? I'm learning

@ Norwichsailor
We pronounced it as Udoaka even though it's written as Udoka.
Udo(h) = 2nd son, Udoudo/etukudo/Udoetuk/Udofia all = 3rd son due to different dialects of Ibibio.
Udosen, Udoaka = 4th son depending on the dialect of Ibibio or Annang.
We also have Udoeka= 2nd son of the mother.
Udoette= 2nd son of the father.

uglodoh:
Udoka means second son of his mother. Akwa ibomites add suffixes to that word Udoh meaning second son. There is Udosen, Udoete, udofia, udodoh

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Here is the meaning of Udoka above. Like someone else mentioned we pronounced Udoaka even though it's written as Udoka.
Udo(h) = 2nd son, Udoudo/etukudo/Udoetuk/Udofia all = 3rd son due to different dialects of Ibibio.
Udosen, Udoaka = 4th son depending on the dialect of Ibibio or Annang.
There is No Igbo community in Akwa Ibom. Ika-Annang is not the same as Ika in Delta State.

nkwuocha:
Im very sure the well educated ones,unlike me have responded to your fallacious posts. Go through your mentions again. This time, feed well before you do.
It's funny how a tribe known all over the country to be house boy is encouraging igbos to go to school. The joke is on you!

Funny how a tribe that their most educated group started as slaves to Ibibios are calling others houseboys

By religious and ritual links we mean those provided by the Ibini Ukpabi oracle of the Aro, an institution known in many Cross River communities, especially among the Efik-Ibibio, as Ibritam. The Ibini Ukpabi itself was a typical product of the contact situation existing between the Igbo and the Ibibio. According to its social charter it was, in the beginning, a local god of an Ibibio group. Then it was captured by the Igbo slaves of this Ibibio group, who successfully rebelled against their servile status and sought to turn the table on their masters, who chose instead to flee the region.  Under the control of these erstwhile Igbo slaves, the Ibini Ukpabi grew in influence to become, according to one authority, the most powerful oracle in West Africa by the nineteenth century.

Nigerian history, politics and affairs, Adiele Afigbo.

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