Wisdom Libri GmbH Wisdom From The Hills

This book begins by presenting the history of the Ejagham people. It narrates the origin of Ejagham Oban and leadership successions. The book then documents the various cultural forms that shape the Ejagham Oban's cultural, religious, historical, and spiritual aspects. This work presents cultural forms related to birth, marriage, initiation, and death. It also examines traditional arts, including legends, fables, proverbs, dances, and masquerades. The book highlights the relevance, persisting meanings and lessons of traditional cultural forms such as proverbs, the age-grades system, and the annual Akachak festival in the twenty-first century.