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Efik

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Ef·ik  (fk)
n. pl. Efik or Ef·iks
1. A member of a people inhabiting southern Nigeria.
2. The Niger-Congo language of the Efik people, closely related to Ibibio.
Efik adj.
Efik [ˈɛfɪk]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl Efiks, Efik a member of a subgroup of the Ibibio people of SE Nigeria
2. (Linguistics / Languages) 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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28) The Dictionary further suggests that the word might derive from the Efik word mba-kara, denoting "master.
Creating Ethnography: Zora Neale Hurston and Lydia Cabrera by Hoffman-Jeep, Lynda / African American Review
Ijo, Igbo, and Efik have long lived along the coast between Douala and the eastern border of their native Nigeria.
Commercial transactions and cultural interactions from the Delta to ... by Wilcox, Rosalinde G. / African Arts
At Abiriba the tradition is that their Ekpe was purchased from the Efik of Calabar with whom Abiriba traders were in close commercial contact (Abalogu 1978).
Spatial continuities: masks and cultural interactions between the ... by Bentor, Eli / African Arts
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