The Kings & chiefs of old Calabar (1785-1925)
Date
1989
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Calabar: Glad Tidings Press Ltd.
Abstract
• King Eyamba III • Great 9 2 Duke Ephraim IV • King Eyamba V • King Archibong I • King Archibong II • King Archibong III • King Duke Ephraim Eyamba IX • Prince Asibon Edem • King Eyo Honesty II • King Eyo Honesty III • King Eyo Honesty VII • Antera Duke Ephraim • Eyo Nsa • Ekpenyong Ekpenyong Ofiong Okoho • Joseph Henshaw • Coco Otu Bassey • Magnus Adam Duke • Esien Etim Ofiong • Bassey Duke Ephraim IX • Richard Henshaw
Description
CALABAR” remains a name of magic and romance for a great number of people inside and outside Africa as it always conjures in their minds a memory or an experience. Inscribed in a niche in the dungeons of that famous historical edifice, "MADAME TUSSEAUD'' in London, are the fol lowing words:
“Old Calabar: Dog biscuits and poultry,” obviously reminiscent of the bleak experiences of the supercargoes at sea from Liverpool to Old Calabar and thence to America. Further away in the royal county of Buckingham shire in a town of that name, this writer once saw an old archway leading into a garage, with the simple inscription “Old Calabar" perhaps scribbled by a rascally teenager but still conveying a message. Across the Atlantic in the beautiful island of Jamaica, a "Calabar High School” was built by the West Indian Pioneers of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland Mission who had worked in Calabar. To crown it all, a friend once said that the name "Cala bar” was so fascinating that it ought to be given to a girl and indeed some people here in Nigeria have been known to add it to their personal names!