Notebooks on Efik compiled and collected by C P Groves

This material is held atSchool of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Archives, University of London

  • Reference
    • GB 102 MMSL MSS/020
  • Dates of Creation
    • ?1920s
  • Language of Material
    • Efik English
  • Physical Description
    • Three exercise books

Scope and Content

Exercise book entitled 'Efik Grammar Notes' in Efik and English;

Exercise book entitled 'Grammar Usem Efik' with notes on the use of Efik grammar, mainly in Efik;

Exercise book contating notes on translating the gospel of St Mark into Efik, in English and Efik. Possibly supplied by Rev [Edward Ernest] Pritchard.

Administrative / Biographical History

Rev Charles Pelham Groves (1887-1973) served as a Primitive Methodist Misionary Society missionary in Nigeria from 1911 until 1924.

Rev Edward Ernest Pritchard (1887-1963) served as a (Primitive) Methodist Misionary Society missionary in Nigeria from 1912 until 1935.

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