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3 unusual facts about Tiv people


Tiv people

During November 1907 to spring 1908, an expedition of the Southern Nigeria Regiment led by Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Trenchard's came into contact with the Tiv.

The geographical position of the Tiv, according to Laura Bohannan and Paul J. Bohannan (1969: 9)

The Tiv are the best known example from West Africa, as documented by Laura Bohannan (1952) and by Paul J. Bohannan and Laura Bohannan (1953); in East Africa the best known example is the Nuer, documented by E.E. Evans-Pritchard (1940).



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