Tagged: Elphinstone Dayrell

The Election of the King Bird (the black-and-white Fishing Eagle) by Elphinstone Dayrell (1910) Old Town, Calabar, once had a king called Essiya, who, like most of the Calabar kings in the olden days,...

Many years ago, when King Eyo was ruler of Calabar, the fish used to live on the land; he was a great friend of the leopard, and frequently used to go to his house...

Okun Archibong was one of King Archibong’s slaves, and lived on a farm near Calabar. He was a hunter, and used to kill bush buck and other kinds of antelopes and many monkeys. The...