Wikipídiya iglwiki https://igl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogb%C3%A1_ogbolo MediaWiki 1.47.0-wmf.20 first-letter Áméwn igò Egwéyí Úkọ̀lá Énéagwu Úkọ̀lá énéagwu Wikipídiya Úkọ̀lá Wikipídiya Fáílú Úkọ̀lá fáílú MediaWiki Úkọ̀lá MediaWiki Éwn malábó Úkọ̀lá éwn malábó Abune Úkọ̀lá abune Gbúgbe Úkọ̀lá gbúgbe TimedText TimedText talk Module Module talk Event Event talk 0 2683 45226 44358 2026-09-20T05:11:14Z NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 1110 Created by local admin. AGF. 44356 wikitext text/x-wiki '''Mbakara''' chi ukọla ki abọ Annang, Efik kpai ichi Ibibio aka lugbọ abọ ki di ọji ẹwọ ami ẹnẹfu<ref>{{Cite book |last=Waddell |first=Hope Masterton |doi=10.1017/cbo9780511711473 |title=Twenty-Nine Years in the West Indies and Central Africa |date=2010-09-16 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-01669-8}}</ref> (Waddell 1891). Ọọy ku ma ki ọdu ''Mbakara'' alu ki abọ wẹwẹ ki ya kọ’ọtakada kọ chi ''Mbaka nkara'' ẹfewọ [[Annang]] kpai [[Ibibio language|Ibibio]]. Ọfẹ ñwu chi “kpẹ kpai e’gbọji. ==Inabali== Mbakara was the highest grade of Abon, a masquerade representing the spirit of the dead among the Efik of the Cross River Basin of Nigeria, and was introduced by Asibong Ekondo in about the 15th century. Individuals who were initiated in the cult could not take the title until they were deemed fully qualified and few could attain the position.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} Membership was not an issue since by law no European could be accosted by the Abon or Ekpe. Usage of the title soon passed into the popular discourse and carried the connotation of power, influence and authority. Slaves taken from the area took the name with them and addressed the white Europeans as Mbakara. In the Caribbean and part of the Deep South of the United States, where the slaves were sold, the name was anglicized and it became Bacra, Buckra and Buckaroo and referred to a white master, slave hunter or someone with authority. ===Doubtful accuracy=== As the description was given by the white British researcher Waddell during the height of European colonialism, his account is possibly racially prejudiced, if not inventive in nature. The alleged association of ''mbakara'' with a negative deity, such as Abon, the spirit of death, might be an insider's joke played on the unsuspecting European outsider as well. It goes without saying that the ''mbakara'' as a putative figure of authority has not been corroborated by later reports. {{White people terms}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== *Waddell, Hope Masterson (1891) ''Twenty-nine Years in the West Indies and Central Africa''. {Reprinted: London: Frank Cass; reprint of 1863 ed., London: T. Nelson.} [[Category:Culture of Nigeria]] [[Category:Ibibio mythology]] [[Category:Ethnonyms]] [[Category:Pejorative demonyms]] 2jw3ina3ooy8ufw1nc85ow2klacs84k