iboland

Updated: January 10, 2026

The central position of Itu impressed her; it commanded the three contiguous regions and peoples the Ibo, Ibibio, and Efik, and her plan was to seize and hold it as a base, then one of the towns of Arochuku as the threshold of Iboland, and, if possible, Bende.

W. P. (William Pringle) Livingstone - Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary