Their history came on when the BNC made a donations of over the counter (OTC) medicines in their headquarters clinic in Gboloko.
[7][5] In an interview with Ma’ade Yaila, a Bassa-Nge daughter stated that her language has its roots from Nupe.
[8] They belongs to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family, the Bassa Nge traditional ruler is called Etsu unlike the Etsu Nupe called in Nupe too, the language is not similar with the one Bassa Nkomo which they lived in the same geographical place.
This practise is exclusive to Ecewu, Egbo, and Eroko and Egeneja with similarities in all aspect to the Eriwota of Kpata.
The music accompanying the instrument is usually melodious and danced gracefully by young girls and boys Masquerades are cultural practices common to the Igalas but adopted by Bassa-Nge when they came in contact.
A few examples of Bassa-Nge masquerades are eleibo, alage, eka, eri, ewuna,echeja of Egeneja [14] etc.
This appears originally to be identified with Christian social music and introduced to kim BassaNge in the later part of 1920’s, it started from Kpata and Ecewu communities and later spread through the land.