Egbo Players at Ikot-Ekpene

This photo of Egbo (Ekpo) Players Ikot-Ekpene is likely c1924. fade any further from this point on. Egbo means ghost and the masks represent the dead coming back to visit the land of the living. The tradition originates from the Efik, Ibibio and Annang peoples in the Cross River/Akwa Ibom areas in Southern Nigeria.