17/11/2021
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AGBOKIM WATERFALLS The waterfall is made up of seven streams, which falls wildly over steep cliffs, providing seven-faced falls. Agbokim Waterfalls sits on the cross river and descends in (what some claim is) the middle of the tropical rainforest. The rainforest is picturesque with lush and green scenery.
HISTORY
Oral history has it that the Agbokim Waterfalls area can be traced back to the early 1900’s when a hunter named NTankum discovered the fall area. He brought his families – nuclear and extended who were then living in a mountainous area to inhabit the water-fall area. These early inhabitants are all Ijagam people who are said to have migrated from another village called Inagu. This newly found complex river that also serves as a border between Cross River (Nigeria) and Cameroun helped provide water which could be boiled, to form salt; forest for hunting and food crops for consumption as they gathered and shared in common with each other.
Since then, the families have grown into a tribe. The development of Agbokim waterfalls dated far back before the advent of tourism development in the country. More exposed members of the Agbokim community have been working collectively to make the waterfalls a developed area by discouraging deforestation and encouraging afforestation as the source of the river is from remains of plants and animals. They also encouraged afforestation, which aids increase in the volume of water
