Ekwele

The currency of Equatorial Guinea between 1975 and 1985. It was replaced by the Central African CFA franc. Its plural was bipkwele.

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The national currency, the ekwele, was previously linked to the Spanish peseta.

Equatorial guinea industrialisation master plan: ecuatorial Guinea, one of Africa's biggest oil producers, has embarked on an ampitious but well-thought-out strategy to use its wealth and transition to an industrialised midcle-income country by 2020. This report examines how far the country's economic development has progressed, the pasis of the industrialisation Plan and tie chances of the plan succeeding

Ugbali is a tool made of two or three twisted raffia palm string (ekwele or ekwere) which, when rolled on the surface of the pot, creates a repeated pattern during the leather-hard stage (Ebebe, 1978:29, Ochi, 1971:18, Ezeagwaghi, 1994:67).

Production of clay vessels: Ali, Vincent Egwu discusses traditional pottery production by the women of Afikpo and Ishiagu in Southeastern Nigeria

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