ABSTRACT
The Oron were traditionally a farming and fishing people living on the west bank of the Cross River estuary in south-cast Nigeria (Fig. 23.1). During the present century, missionary activity, colonialism, and modern communications have precipitated a period of rapid socioeconomic change, but many Oron people still live in villages and pursue traditional occupations. The present administrative centre of Oron, a small, thriving, modern African town with a ferry link to Calabar, capital of Cross River State, is best known to the outside world for its museum of antiquities.
