Mutanen Efik

Mutanen Efik

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Najeriya

Efik ƙabila ce da ke kudu maso kudancin Najeriya, a kudancin jihar Kuros Riba . Efik suna magana da harshen Efik wanda yake yaren Benuwe – Congo ne na dangin Cross River . Tarihin baka na Efik ya ba da labarin ƙaura daga Cross River daga Arochukwuto ya sami ƙauyuka da yawa a cikin yankin Calabar da Creek Town. Galibi ana kiran garin Creek da kewayensa da Calabar, kuma ana kiran mutanensa da mutanen Calabar, bayan sunan Bature mai suna Calabar Kingdom aka ba jihar a cikin Jihar Kuros Riba ta yanzu . Bai kamata Calabar ta rikita batun Masarautar Kalabari ba a cikin jihar Ribas wacce Ijaw ce jihar yamma da ita. Jihar Kuros Riba tare da jihar Akwa Ibom a da tana daga cikin asalin jihohi goma sha biyu na Najeriya da aka fi sani da Jihar Kudu maso Gabas.

Mutanen Efik kuma sun mamaye kudu maso yammacin Kamaru ciki har da Bakassi . Wannan yanki, wanda a da can yankin amintacce ne daga Jamhuriyar Kamaru, an gudanar da shi a matsayin wani yanki na Gabashin Najeriya har sai da ya samu cin gashin kai a 1954, don haka ya raba mutanen Efik a siyasance. An kara fadada wannan rabuwa yayin da sakamakon zaben 1961 yankin ya zaɓi ya shiga Jamhuriyar Kamaru . Nan da nan aka sauya yawancin yankin, amma a watan Agustan 2006 - Najeriya ta miƙa yankin Bakassi ga Kamaru.