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The Yakurr New Year – Leboku Festival and the Sophistication of the African Traditional Calendar
By Okoi Obono-Obla What is a New Year? A New Year is the time when a new calendar year begins…
Lobo / Yekpi Day – Where Strength Meets Thanksgiving and Tradition Comes Alive in Ugep,Cross River State Nigeria
Ultimately, Lobo / Yekpi Day remains a living expression of Ugep’s cultural strength – a fusion of physical energy, spiritual…
AFTER OGOGO: NOLLYWOOD NEEDS A HEALTH AND WELFARE SAFETY NET NOW
_By Comrade Kunle Sodipo CKS_ Today, Monday 24th August, 2026, veteran Yoruba Nollywood actor Chief Taiwo Hassan a.k.a OGOGO was…
ETANGALA: THE EQUIVOCATING MASQUERADE OF JUSTICE, DANCE AND SOCIAL CONTROL
As William Shakespeare wrote in Macbeth through the Porter, "drink is an equivocator" - it provokes and unprovokes; it equivocates…
ÉJELIKAÑ-NOÑSË AND MPAMSHE: ROYALTY, AUTHORITY AND BEAUTY IN YAKURR CULTURE Being a Response to Onoyom Ette Onoyom on What the Efik Call ÑTAÑKAÑDA Edited
In essence, both Éjelikañ-noñsë and Mpamshe are not mere adornments. They are profound statements of identity. While the peacock feather…
THE REAL HISTORY OF ETANGALA MASQUERADE IN UGEP;CROSS RIVER STATE
By Sam Eno, PhD From the Forgotten Masquerade of the 1960s to the Grand Spectacle of the New Yam Festival…
MBLEMI AT JANENBOKU: THE FEMININE SOUL OF NSIBIDI AND THE MATRILINEAL HEART OF UGEP LEBOKU 2026
The culture of Mblemi in Ugep is almost dying, as the elderly women who are its repositories are fast passing…
WHEN FULANI LEADERS GATHER: THE WARNING, THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE ROAD AHEAD
By Ibrahim Bunu ibrahimbunu2520@gmail.com What the Abuja Meeting Must Mean for the Fulɓe, Nigeria and the Wider Sahel The Meeting…
Leboku 2026 Begins: Obol Lopon of Ugep Performs Sacred Wood-Breaking Rite to Herald 34-Day New Yam Festival
The 34-day programme is not merely entertainment but a spiritual obligation for the Yakurr people. Each stage has ritual depth…
Culture Does Not Die: From the Cross River to the Caribbean
From the anthill that refuses to die, to the twenty and odd Africans at Point Comfort, to the Cunacuna settlements…
The Etangala Masquerade of Ugep, Cross River State:A Sacred Bridge Between the Living and the Ancestors
In conclusion, the Etangala is far more than a festival; it is the living soul of Ugep — a powerful…
DEBUNKING THE DEROGATORY TAG PUT ON THE NAME “AKPOTO”
Reassessing an Early Ethnonym in Igala Historiography By Eneojo Herbert Idakwo Abstract The term Akpoto (also rendered Okpoto in some…
