TINAPA RESORT APARTMENT HOTEL, CALABAR APPLICATION OF NSIBIDI EXPRESSION

📄 Project Abstract

The purpose of this study is the application of the semiotics of the Nsibidi non-verbal language system of the Ejagham/Ekoi people of Cross River State in South-eastern Nigeria and Western Cameroon. This was done in a symbolic manner, taking into consideration international construction standards and space requirements for the design of an apartment hotel of four-star standard. The aim is to achieve a project which will portray indigenous cultural, historical and mythical elements so as to add value to total visitor experience within the Tinapa Resort. Clarification on the choice of use of the term Ejagham above other pseudonyms like Ekoi and Bakor which are used within and outside Nigeria by scholars, linguists and anthropologists to represent this same race is made. The method of research carried out involved determining the unifying cultural features of the people of the Cross River Basin, screening the findings down to a workable scope of research and determining the distinct eleme...