Ubakala is a large town in Umuahia South Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia State, Nigeria.
Legend however has it that a wealthy merchant called Uba (or Ubaka according to other oral sources) founded what we know today as Ubakala.
It was said that during the mass exodus of the Igbo through the Awka-Okigwe axis, he sojourned with his family, goods and servants across undulating hills and valleys towards the Imo river, he discovered a lush rainforest inhabited only by wild beasts and large trees.
His sons helped manage his wealth in these three areas and gave rise to children who over time married and had their own offspring, which over generations evolved into villages.
Traditional cuisine typically involves Akpu (fufu)/Pounded yam (Asurasu Ji) and Okazi soup cooked with achara and akpụrụakpụ elile.
In ancient times, Ubakala people were Animists whose cultural and religious practices bore interesting similarities to Judaism as seen also in every other Igbo community.