David Lishilinimle Imbua espite the impressive array and quality of work that has been done
on Calabar, our understanding of some of the episodes in the area has been distorted by the …

MG Marwick has suggested that witchcraft accusations show where the tensions lie in the
societies in which they occur. He also intimates that in Africa witchcraft accusations only …

This article analyzes the ways in which the Sierra Leone Company, a chartered trading
company, attempted to persuade Africans to relinquish the slave trade in favor of an export …

The reference to Antera Duke of Old Calabar in HA 16 (1989) encourages me to contribute a
note on this historical notable. 1 A gross imbalance exists in the scholarly study of black …

Olatunji Ojo round 1838 at the battle of Osogbo Oyo forces led by the Ibadan army fought
and defeated Ilorin in what was one of the most decisive wars in nineteenth century …

Rebellions broke out in many areas of South Africa shortly after the institution of white rule in
the late nineteenth century and continued into the next century. However, distrust of the …

In 1767, two “princes” of a ruling family in the port of Old Calabar, on the slave coast of
Africa, were ambushed and captured by English slavers. The princes, Little Ephraim Robin …

David M. Gordon highland watershed of the Zambezi and southern Zaire river systems forms
the backbone of the south-central African interior. Composed of savanna woodlands, the …

Introduction ansoming is an age-old phenomenon dating at least as far back as the mid-first
century BC when pirates kidnapped Julius Caesar near the Greek island of Pharmacusa …

University of Ibadan some of the states of the Eastern Niger Delta as well as the Efik state of
Calabar on the Cross River, experienced political upheavals in the second half of the …