Sanata Joseph Sarwuan Tarka (1932–1980) ɗan siyasan Nijeriya ne daga Jihar Benuwai kuma tsohon Ministan Sufuri sannan kuma Sadarwa a lokacin Janar Yakubu Gowon . Ya kasance daya daga cikin membobin da suka kafa United Middle Belt Congress, kungiyar siyasa da ta himmatu wajen karewa da kuma ba da shawara ga yankin na Middle Belt . An haifi Tarka a ranar 10 ga Yuli 1932 a Igbor, Jihar Benuwai daga dangin Tarka Nanchi da Ikpa Anyam. Mahaifinsa malamin ƙauye ne na asalin Tiv wanda daga baya ya zama shugaban makarantar sannan kuma ya zama sarki a Mbakor, yankin Gboko . Ya halarci makarantar firamare ta Native Authority, Gboko da Katsina Ala Middle School. Bayan kammala karatunsa, ya zama malami a makarantar Middle-Katsina-Ala kafin ya ci gaba da kara karatu a Makarantar Kimiyya ta Karkara ta Bauchi. Ya kasance memba na Tiv Native Authority Staff Union da kuma kungiyar Malaman Arewa. A shekarar 1954, akan tikitin kawance da kungiyar Middle Belt People, an zabi Tarka ya wakilci mazabar Jemgba a majalisar wakilai ta tarayya. A cikin 1957, Jam'iyyar Jama'a ta Tsakiya ta haɗu tare da David Lot suka jagoranci kungiyar Yankin Tsakiya don kafa kungiyar 'Yan United Middle Belt Congress.