Talk:Ekpe

Ekpo

 * An IP editor asserted that Ekpo is different from Egbo (Ekpe). So far as I have been able to find out, Ekpo is the name preferred by the Ibibio for their ancestral spirit cult and Ekpe (not Ekkpe the Igbo crop fertility cult) by the Efik for their secret "leopard" society. Nicklin, Keith and Salmons, Jill (August 1982) "On Ekkpe, Ekpe, Ekpo, Ogbom" African Arts 15(4):  pp. 78-79.  Is Ekpe (Egbo) related to the leopard societies in French West Africa? --Bejnar 23:16, 30 July 2007 (UTC)


 * A secret society called Ekpo aslo apears to exist among the Bini in Nigeria. Ben-Amos, Paula and Omoregie, Osarenren (1969) "Keeping the Town Healthy: Ekpo Ritual in Avbiama Village" African Arts 2(4): pp. 8-13 & 79. --Bejnar 23:16, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Ekpo (ghost) is a judicial secret society open to all men and Ekpe (leopard) is more concerned in law enforcement, and is only open to free-born men. Both societies are found in a small number of tribes in south-eastern Nigeria, and several claim to be their founders. Interestingly at the most important stages of initiation ceremonies rituals revert to the Ibibio tongue, which would indicate the true origins of these societies. (reference: "Who are the Ibibio" by Dr.Edet A.Udo, who also claimed to be a member of both societies.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicolacurry (talk • contribs) 17:03, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Propaniac (talk) 14:01, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Egbo → — Relisted. --RegentsPark (talk) 01:54, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

The most popular and well known name for this society is Ekpe and Egbo is not used as widely, e.g in Cuban Abakua. Ukabia (talk) 20:47, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
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Igbos
Editor 24.118.189.156 attempted in December 2010 to make the usage of the Igbos of Abia state and Imo state the primary usage of the term. This is not in keeping with the existing literature. If editor 24.118.189.156 has some recent research sources that support that primacy I encourage editor 24.118.189.156 to discuss them here before performing addition edits upon the lead. --Bejnar (talk) 14:43, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Nsibidi script
I have added a "citation needed" tag to the sentence "Members of the Ekpe invented the Nsibidi script." The Wikipedia article on the latter says that the symbols may date back as far as CE 400; if that is the case, do we really have reliable historic records that would make it possible to attribute its origin to any particular group? 850 C (talk) 19:49, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

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