CALABAR

kăləbärˈ, kălˈəbär, city (1991 est. pop. 154,000), SE Nigeria, a port on an estuary of the Gulf of Guinea. Rubber is processed, and palm oil, cacao, rubber, and timber are exported. Calabar, an important Niger delta trading state in the 19th cent., grew as a center of the palm oil trade. The city is an educational center and is home to a university.

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books on: Calabar  - 455 results

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The Trading States of the Oil Rivers: A Study of Political Development in Eastern Nigeria
Book by G. I. Jones; Published for the International African, 1964
Subjects: Eastern Region Of Nigeria--History
...nineteenth-century writers called New Calabar and Grand Bonny, and which today are...the Efik state known to Europeans as Old Calabar, while in the more general chapters I...part of a wider area which included Old Calabar and some villages on the Cameroons River...
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From Slave Trade to Empire: European Colonisation of Black Africa, 1780s-1880s
Book by Olivier Pétré-Grenouilleau; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Africa, Sub-Saharan--Colonization, Africa, Sub-Saharan--History--To 1884
...Colonisation. A.J.H. Latham, author of Old Calabar 1600-1891 This is an important book...of the Bight of Biafra, Bonny and Old Calabar. In both cases, credit granted by Europeans...behind the credit circuits which, in Old Calabar, evolved around the institutions of human...
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Nigeria: Newest Nation
Book by Lois Mitchison; Frederick A. Praeger, 1960
Subjects: Nigeria
...3 Calabar 8...51 Calabar and Bonny 54...from Bamenda in the Cameroons to Calabar in East Nigeria. Mostly we had travelled...
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Trade and Politics in the Niger Delta, 1830-1885: An Introduction to the Economic and Political History of Nigeria
Book by K. Onwuka Dike; Clarendon Press, 1956
Subjects: Nigeria--Economic Conditions, Nigeria--Politics And Government
...occupation of the site now known as Old Calabar by the Efik tribe, who were formerly...in importance. Various accounts of the Calabar migration have been given by European...Waddell, op. cit., H. Goldie, Old Calabar and Its Mission Edinburgh, 1890...
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Nigerian Perspectives: An Historical Anthology
Book by Thomas Hodgkin; Oxford University Press, 1960
Subjects: Nigeria--History--Sources
...JAMES BARBOT New Calabar in 1700 153...Education in Old Calabar 181 ANTERA DUKE A Calabar Traders Diary 181...
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journal articles on: Calabar  - 98 results

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Early Ceramics from Calabar, Nigeria: Towards a History of Nsibidi
Journal article by Christopher Slogar; African Arts, Vol. 40, 2007
Subjects: African pottery--Research, African pottery--Social aspects, Calabar, Nigeria--History, Calabar, Nigeria--Social aspects, Ceramic materials--Research, Ceramic materials--Social aspects, Ceramics--Research, Ceramics--Social aspects, Pottery, African--Research, Pottery, African--Social aspects
Early Ceramics from Calabar, Nigeria: Towards a History of Nsibidi...Recent excavations in the region of Calabar, Nigeria, have brought to light an important...officials. (1) FIGURES 1-3 OMITTED The Calabar ceramics, incorporating such a great...
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The Two Princes of Calabar: An Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey
Journal article by Anthony S. Parent Jr.; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 73, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Two Princes of Calabar: An Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey (Book)--Book reviews
The Two Princes of Calabar: An Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey...S. Parent Jr. The Two Princes of Calabar: An Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey...0-674-01312-3.) The Two Princes of Calabar: An Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey...
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Cuban Abakuá Chants: Examining New Linguistic and Historical Evidence for the African Diaspora
Journal article by Ivor Miller; African Studies Review, Vol. 48, 2005
Subjects: Africa, Black culture, Cultural identity, Diaspora, Native peoples, Philology
...an Efik term for the Qua settlement in Calabar, originally formed by migrants from the...Obutong," an Efik town that was part of Calabar in southeastern Nigeria. Leaders of this...of 1767, known as the "Massacre of Old Calabar," was the climax of a power struggle between...
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Estimation of Driving Rain Index for Nigeria
Journal article by F.O.A. Akingbade; Architectural Science Review, Vol. 47, 2004
Subjects: Rain and rainfall--Statistics, Rain--Statistics
...buildings. These areas are Benin-City, Calabar, Enugu, Ikeja (Lagos), Port Harcourt...Ikeja), Benin-City, Warri, Port-Harcourt, Calabar and Enugu have moderate exposure levels...Lagos), Benin-City, Warri, Port-Harcourt, Calabar, and Enugu. Also from the northern part...
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Masking Youth: Transformation and Transgression in Annang Performance
Journal article by David Pratten; African Arts, Vol. 41, 2008
Subjects: Masks--Social aspects, Nigerian culture--Research, Tribes--Social aspects
...Observations made by the Resident of Calabar Province, for instance, demonstrate a...Burton 2001). "Cowboy" gangs emerged in Calabar during the 1946 Christmas celebrations...in the growing towns of Uyo, Eket, and Calabar were also notorious and secret society...
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magazine articles on: Calabar  - 37 results

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Nigeria/Liberia Taylor in, but Not Welcome: Charles Taylor, the Former Liberian President, Arrived in Nigeria on 12 August to Begin His Life in Exile. Pini Jason and Tom Mbakwe Explain Why the People of Nigeria Opposed His Presence in the Country
Magazine article by Pini Jason, Tom Mbakwe; New African, October 2003
Subjects: Obasanjo, Olusegun, Politics--Analysis, Taylor, Charles
...Nigeria on 12 August to begin his life in exile: in scenic Calabar, no drums were rolled out for him. He was escorted to Nigeria...It, therefore, had to prepare a home for Charles Taylor in Calabar in the Cross River state, Southeast of Nigeria. But by far...
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Sky Is the Limit
Magazine article by Pini Jason; African Business, March 1998
Subjects: Olayiwola, Peter O.--Interviews
...established in 1978 - 20 years ago. We shall be having our 20th anniversary celebration this year at our conference and AGM in Calabar (Cross Rivers state) in May. The aim and objectives of the association are many, but basically, the advancement of computer...
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Reaping the Whirlwind: "I Do Not Admit That a Great Wrong Has Been Done to the Red Indians of America or the Black People of Australia by the Fact That a Stronger Race, a Higher Grade Race, Has Come in and Taken Its Place" -Winston Churchill to the Palestine Royal Commission, 1937
Magazine article by Baffour Ankomah; New African, May 2009
Subjects: Attorneys--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Attorneys--Influence, Crane, David--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Crane, David--Influence, Crimes against humanity--Cases, Lawyers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Lawyers--Influence, Presidents (Government)--Cases, Presidents--Cases, Taylor, Charles Ghankay--Cases, Transitional justice--Political aspects, Truth commissions--Political aspects, United States foreign relations--Political aspects
...Nigeria would give Taylor a safe haven in Calabar in southeast Nigeria. Yet, three years...arrested when he tried to escape from Calabar into Cameroon. But the facts of the case...in fact, impressed upon Taylor to leave Calabar and seek refuge in another country because...
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David Crane in His Own Words: On 8 February 2006, When Charles Taylor Was Still in Exile in Nigeria and America Was Using Its Influence to Get Him Handed over to the Special Court for Sierra Leone, David Crane, the Former Chief Prosecutor of the Court, Testified before the US Congressional Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations. Here Are Excerpts from His Testimony
Magazine article; New African, May 2009
Subjects: Human rights--Excerpts, Human rights--Political aspects, Special Court for Sierra Leone--Political activity, War crimes--Excerpts, War crimes--Political aspects
...he fled to a type of political limbo in Calabar, Nigeria. Taylor has been a catalyst of...challenged by other crises, Taylor, in Calabar, under the protection of Nigeria, will...Taylor out of Liberia and place him in Calabar. Initially, I supported this, even calling...
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The Sex Trade in Colonial West Africa: In the Final of Her Three-Part Series, Carina Ray Looks at the Last Stage of the Protracted Struggle to Bring an End to the Traffic in Women and Children for the Purposes of Prostitution in Colonial British West Africa
Magazine article by Carina Ray; New African, October 2007
Subjects: Africans--Sexual behavior, Child prostitution--Evaluation, Child prostitution--Laws, regulations and rules, Military personnel--Sexual behavior, Prostitution, Juvenile--Evaluation, Prostitution, Juvenile--Laws, regulations and rules, Prostitution--Evaluation, Prostitution--Laws, regulations and rules, Racism--Evaluation
...According to him, these women, especially those from Calabar in Nigeria, often simultaneously inhabited licit...Gold Coast could discern the difference between a Calabar petty trader and a Calabar prostitute," argued Blackall. Such a remark obviously...
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newspaper articles on: Calabar  - 24 results

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THE SCOTS QUEEN OF AFRICA; Strong Spirit: Mary Slessor, above Was Determined to Do Things Her Own Way, Far from the Traditional Image of Missionaries in Nigeria, Left
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 1, 2007
...theAtlantic into the muddy estuary of the Calabar River in West Africa, theenormity of what...before returning to heradopted home of Calabar for the final time in 1907, eight years...trying to change. When Mary arrived in Calabar, many colonial Britons regarded her as...
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BRITAIN: British Oil Worker Seized in Nigeria
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), July 10, 2007
Subjects: Kidnapping
...of two foreign workers abducted from a production barge near Calabar in Cross River State late on Sunday night. The news came as...of July 8. "The incident happened on a production barge near Calabar, Cross River State. "Consular officials are in close contact...
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Taylor Missing from Custody; Trial Pending on War Crimes
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 29, 2006
Subjects: War crimes
...said he had created "a panel of enquiry to look into the circumstances of Mr. Taylors disappearance ... from his residence in Calabar" in southern Nigeria. The government statement said he disappeared Monday night. The U.N. Security Council scheduled an emergency...
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Six Flags Aims to Build Nigeria's First Theme Park
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), September 28, 2009
Subjects: Amusement parks
...theme park in a place where no theme park has gone before: Nigeria. Six Flags officials hope to open a 250-acre park by 2013 in Calabar, a historic city in Cross River state on Nigerias southeastern border. Six Flags already owns two international theme parks...
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Mortgage Servicing Firm Upbeat
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 19, 2007
Subjects: Development banks, Real estate industry
...operations. This as BFS has identified about 4,000 foreclosed housing units scattered in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal (Calabar) zone and including, Bulacan up for the auction block in 2008. According to BFS Property Head Peter Suchianco, these housing...
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encyclopedia articles on: Calabar  - 5 results

 
 
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Calabar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CALABAR kal bar , kal bar, city (1991 est. pop. 154,000), SE Nigeria, a port on an estuary of the Gulf of Guinea. Rubber is processed, and palm oil, cacao, rubber, and timber are exported. Calabar, an important Niger delta trading state in the 19th cent., grew as a center of the palm oil trade. The city is an educational...
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Manson, Patrick
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the university at Aberdeen, Scotland, Manson left for China where he was to spend 24 years, studying such diseases as tinea, Calabar swelling, and blackwater fever. In 1878 he observed that filariae, the worms that cause elephantiasis in man, pass part of...
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Julian, Percy Lavon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Julian taught at Howard Univ. and DePauw, where he synthesized physostigmine, an alkaloid used to treat glaucoma, from the calabar bean. Despite this significant accomplishment, DePauw refused to give him a permanent faculty position, and he became (1936...
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Bakassi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Guinea. The swampy peninsula and associated small islands are strategically located, controlling access to the Nigerian port of Calabar; the surrounding waters are rich in fish and submarine oil deposits. The traditional inhabitants are mainly Efik fishermen...
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Nigeria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...countrys chief seaports are Lagos, Warri , Port Harcourt, and Calabar . Except when oil prices are low, Nigeria generally earns...importance. From 1922, African representatives from Lagos and Calabar were elected to the legislative council of Southern Nigeria...


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