Courtesy of Ayuk Michael Tabe-Ebob
Excerpts of his autobiography
"The Best I Could"
Afab did not exist before the birth of Ata Mbu. Three families, Awube, Osso-Afab and Echi-Nyeyok lived as separate entities one from the other. Akabekogo came from Bakwelle and married Ma Okah from the Awube family and had a son called Ata Mbu ata Yaya. When he attained manhood, Ata Mbu was invited by his maternal uncle; so he left his father’s house and came to live with Awube, who married a wife for him. Her name was Ma Njekatim.
His children and grandchildren were many; their children and grandchildren are numerous. Then Ata Mbu united the Awube family to Echi-Nyeyok and Osso-Afab and became the ‘Ntuifa’ or Chief of A-Friendly-And-Beautiful (AFAB) village. On the map of West Africa, Afab is located at the following geographical coordinates: Meridian 9o 11 and Parallel 5o 40
In obedience to the wish of his ancestors, Ata Mbu married a second wife, Etangombo, from Achancho Quarter in Ajayakndip of the Atchabung clan. He then took a third wife, Ojong Okoh from Nkimechi of the Nfoayam clan; then the fourth, Ebangha from Ndekwai of the Nchemti clan; and the fifth, Ayuknkoh from the Obang clan.
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Afab village was founded by a man called Ata Mbu. Ata Mbu was the son of Akabekogo, son of Arrey Etek whose father Tanyi, founded Bakwelle village. Three villages, Bakwelle, Mbatop and Afab make up the Atubakwelle clan of the Ejagham tribe in Manyu Division.