ABSTRACT
Ibibio, like most Nigerian peoples, are divided into age-classes or Nka, the number of which varies from three to ten. When there are only three or four of these in a town, entrance is not permitted till the age of puberty, and after the teeth have been filed and the town or tribal “marks” made upon the youth. In places where there are many Nka, children are generally admitted into the first when about three to five years old. As a rule there is no special ceremony, except a feast given by the parents, and in some cases a present to the old men of the town.
