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Tiv

Stories of the Tiv.

15 stories

01 Custom · Benue

The Stripes That Say Tiv

Tiv A'nger cloth →
02 Lost history · Kogi

The Steel Dream That Kept Nigeria Waiting

Ajaokuta Steel, Kogi →
03 Lost history · Benue

Atem Tyough: When Tivland Rose Against Its Own Rulers

The Tiv revolts of 1960-1966 →
04 People · Kogi

The King Behind the Stories of Magic

Attah Ameh Oboni →
05 Lost history · Niger

The River Town That Sent Trains North

Baro river port →
06 Custom · Kogi

The Night Ebira Ancestors Come Home

Ekuechi in Okene →
07 People · Kogi

The Trader's Son Who Changed Okene

Ibrahim Onoruoiza Atta →
08 Legend · Kogi

The Princess Who Offered Her Life for Idah

Princess Inikpi of Idah →
09 Custom · Benue

Did Spirits Teach Him This Theatre?

Tiv puppet theatre →
10 People · Benue

The Man Who Became the First Tor Tiv

Makir Zakpe, Gboko →
11 Custom · Kogi

The Igala Festival That Returned After Decades

Ocho festival, Idah →
12 Custom · Niger

The Bida Families Who Turn Bottles Into Beads

Masaga glassmakers of Bida →
13 Legend · Niger

The Runaway Prince Who Became Nupe King

Tsoede of Nupe →
14 Legend · Taraba

The Wukari crocodiles that once visited the king on Fridays

The crocodiles of Marmara pond →
15 Custom · Taraba

Pankya, the horseman who carries a Jukun king who does not die

Pankya ya Nando, the Aku Uka's last ride →