Old Calabar

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Timeless Avatar Press

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491_9780973827071

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Every language is a temple in which the soul of thepeople who speak it is enshrined(Smith):When in mid Nineteenth Century , two Europeans votedto impose the Efik dialect of Ibibio language as thelingua franca of the Ibibio, this was the reversal ofthe natural order of things in the temple.This was equivalent to imposing the Ijebu or Ekitidialects on the Yorubas or the Aro or Ikwere dialectson the Igbos;or even the Scotch on Britain. This was aclear case of a Cart before the Horse.Over Seventy five years ago Dr.Jeffreys did thispioneering work to put the Horse before the Cart;thiswork clearly put Efik in its proper relationship withher parent stock the Ibibio.The reader will not only appreciate the historicalperspectives, but also the excellent linguistics.Uko Moses Akpan Okpok,MDIbibio Foundation

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