Antera Duke

Antera Duke (a raye a ƙarshen 1788) babban ɗan kasuwan bayi ne na Afirka kuma shugaban Efik daga Old Calabar a cikin Bight of Biafra a gabashin Najeriya (yanzu a jihar Cross River) a ƙarshen karni na sha takwas. A hankali ya ci gaba kuma ya kasance memba na karamar hukumar Ekpe da ke da iko mai yawa akan cinikin bayi. Ya shirya jana'izar, wanda ga mutanen da suke tsaye kamar kansa sun haɗa da hadayar bayi na al'ada, waɗanda aka yanke kai don su raka maigidan zuwa duniyar ruhu. Duke da 'yan uwansa 'yan kasuwa na Efik "sun yi ado kamar fararen fata" kuma sun ba da kyaftin na jiragen ruwa na bayi.  

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