Tiv people

thumb|Tiv bride and groom
thumb|Tiv cultural dance, the cat dance
thumb|A group of Tiv chiefs at an event
thumb|The Mutual Union of Tivs (MUTA)
thumb|Some pastors and a member of the NKST
thumb|A Tiv and European Catholic priests in native Tiv attire
thumb|A 1960s kwagh-hir mask
thumb|A Tiv indyer at a burial
thumb|Bronze Tivi snuff-taker, c. 1932 (© The Trustees of the British museum)
thumb|Tiv attire

**Abo Tiv** (gbaki **Tiiv**) chi abo  Tivoid ethnic group ma ché. Abo Tiv dabi 5% amone kù ma dí Nigeria chakadu, Ma dabi amone mí  Òdulugwu mégwélu ojane Nigeria kpai Cameroon. Abo kù ma kí ichi Tiv ojane Nigeria díBenue, Taraba, Nasarawa, Plateau, Cross rivers, Adamawa, Kaduna, kpaí Abuja States. Ichi Tiv chi  branch Benue–Congo kpaí Niger–Congo phylum. Egba igbele kí amí enéfu ma wa colonise abo Nigeria tañ amí Fulani chi amí  "**Munchi**"  ma dí abo Tiv.

## Ola Igbélé
thumb|Nigeria in the 19th century showing the Tiv lands
Abo Tiv ka kí ní Southeast ma gwò ka kí má jí ugbo kù ma jò abajio í. Ugbo kù ma lé ka kù ma ji ojéwo kù ma jò abajio chí southern, ma ñwo ka kí ní ma lí south-central manyí west-central Africa  ka kù ma wi ane savannah West African Sudan, ugbo kù ma lé wò ómò chi River Congo kpaí amí ojuwo Cameroon ka kù ma Swemkaragbe  Cameron Efewo lé dí iba Nigeria, eko kù ma wi éwo lé chi ú chané 1500 CE. Eko kù ma ka kí ni ma na wí Nigeria, ma ché kpatuka. ugbo ku ma lé kù ma ka chí.. méní abo ka lí south ówò ojuwo Obudu, abo ka la lí north éjù owo Mdema kpaí Waka district, abo kí bo lotí  benue eju owo core central Nigeria. U lé chakadu kù ma lé chi egba u chané 1500 CE a tí 1600 CE, ma lé í.  Ami Tiv chane dama kpai ami  ichi ki bo Nigeria.  Abo Tiv ma ni Onu e nwu ku ma ne egba le chi ami aboji ofe igbeli, odu ku ma do ma chi "Orya". Ami enefu ku ma kwi Europ ma yika ma man todu ku ma ma ni onu egbale todu ami enefu le chi ami onu ma cha nweju achukolo kpai ama. Eko ki am enefu li abo Tiv chi egba 18th century, ugbo ku ma du li ma chi Iba aji.  Benue River, egba le o nwu ami enefu ka nwu ma ka ki ni i che nyo ku ma no onu odo 1940. 

## Eko kù ma dama kpaí amone
Ami Tiv chakadu ka ki ni olopu ugbo ku ma kwo chi  Ichongo kpai Ipusu. Ichongo kpai Ipusu che kpe ri ami olopu keke ke, olopu ki che nya tule efu ma chi  *ipaven*. Abo *ipaven* a dodo dama odu ewo ma la chi  "tar". 

## Icholo
## Ugbo (A'nger)
Color ukpo abo Tiv chi edudu kpai efufu

**Ami ukpo ki bo ku na nyi chi**
Ivvavtyo, Lishi, Gbev-whaa, Godo, Tugudu, Chado, Deremen, Gbagir.

### Ujenwu
Odu ami ujenwu ma chi *ruam kumen* (pounded yam), *ruam nahan* (turned food), *akuto* (sweet potato pottage), choko (dafa), akpukpa*, etc.*

**Obo**
ami odu obo ma chi pocho, ager, genger, atyever, tur, vambe, igyo, agbende a ashwe, mngishim, ashwe, Atuur, vegetables, ijôv, aninge, furum, adenger, gbungu, angahar a ikyuna, gbande.

**Ujenwu abo Tiv** 
Uchu ero, 
oscapa kpai egwa

**Ote ma chi**
burukutu, 
ibyer

**Snacks**Igogo
, odumu okpa ku ma ro, ibo,akala, opa ku ma no
 

File:Tiv food.jpg|Oje Uchu kpaí obo 
File:Burukutu.png|Burukutu
File:Gnuts and sesame.png|Opa kpaí igogo
File:Ibyer.jpg|Ibyer
File:Chicken and sesame.jpg|kyegh sha ishwa
File:Mzembe.png|Mzembe or pears
File:Roasted yam.png|Uchu ero 


## Iya chi
Alu ki abo Tiv a chí iya chí drama ma chí Kwagh-hir.

* Kyoive

## Ugbo ku ma jò
### Benue state
Ugbo ki ami Tiv jó Benue chí

Tarkaa, Makurdi, Gwer East, Gwer west, Ukum, Logo, Konshisha, Gboko, Kwande, Vandeikya, Katsina Ala, Guma, Buruku, and Ushongo 

### Nassarawa state
Ugbo ku ma dodo Benue state chí

Doma, Nasarawa, Lafia, Obi, Keana, manyi Awe Local Government Areas

### Plateau state
Ugbo ku ma dodo plateau state chi

Qua’an Pan manyi Shendam Local Government Areas

### Taraba state
Bali, Donga, Ibi, Gassol, Takum, Gashaka, Kurmi manyi Wukari Local Government Areas

### Cross River state
Yala, Bekwara, Obudu, manyi Obanliku Local Government Areas.

### Cameroon
Ami akwora unyi amone kí chí Tiv kí dí cameron ti 1700 lé amone chakadu ku na ki ichi Tiv tí 11,000 lé ugbo ku na jo chí south-western border kí dí Cameroon, Manyu division, north east Akwaya ugbo boarder ugboji Nigeria. Onu ma chí Zaki Abaajul, abo kí chī aboji ñwu ma chí abo Tiv manyi Ulitsi. Abo ichi Tiv kù ma dí Cameroni cha nyí unyi ukoche nyo’yo, éjòwò ugbo kù ma jò ojí lé chí éjòwò ugbo kù ma kí anglophone Uche Kpaí ukólò government amí Tiv Cameron a gbeju ché í.

## Abo ogbogaga Kí dí Ane Tiv

[thumb|[Joseph Tarka|J. S. Tarkaa, politician, human rights activist]]
[thumb|[Barnabas Gemade, former PDP presidential candidate]]
thumb|Gen. John Gbor, APGA presidential candidate for 2019 general electionsAbo kù ma chi ukólò Ijabe 
* Joseph Tarka
* Barnabas Gemade
* Aper Aku
* George Akume
* Iyorchia Ayu,
* Prof. Ignatius Akaayar Ayua, SAN, OFR, FNIALS,
* Chaha Biam
* Gabriel Suswa
* Samuel Ortom
* James Ayatse
* Daniel Saror
* Michael Aondoakaa
* Moses Adasu
* A.I. Katsina Alu
* Iyorwuese Hagher,
* Yima Sen, radical political activist

### Abo kù ma chi Ukólò soja
* Gideon Orkar
* Victor Malu,  Chief of Army Staff akwobi
* Joseph Akahan, Chief of Army Staff Nigeria ejodudu
* Joseph Akaagerger, Governor Kastina Igbele
* John Mark Inienger, agboji ECOMOG commander igbele
* Farida Waziri, aboji EFCC igbele
* John Kpera,  governor soja Anambra state.
* General Gabriel Kpamber, aboji ECOMOG commander igbele

### Abo sportu
* Terna Suswam, ené kí ya dí ball
* Dominic Iorfa Sr,ené kí ya dí ball
* Dominic Iorfa Jr ené kí ya dí ball
* Timothy Anjembe, ené kí ya dí ball
* David Tyavkase, ené kí ya dí ball
* Jeff Varem, NBA D-league player
* Terna Nande, ené kí ya dí ball America
* Apollo Crews, WWE ené kí ya juja
* Francisca Ordega, ené kí ya dí ball
* Fanendo Adi
* Barnabas Imenger Jr., ené kí ya dí ball
* Russel "Russwole" Orhii, World Champion Powerlifter

## [[Tay Iwar|References]]

## Further reading
*Abraham, R.C. (1933) *The Tiv People*, Lagos.
*Anifowose, R. (1982) *Violence and Politics in Nigeria: The Tiv and the Yoruba Experience*, New York: NOK.
*Arinze, F. (1990) *Africans and Christianity*. Ejiofor, Rev. L. ed. Nsukka: Optimal Computer Solutions Ltd.
*Ayoade, J.A. Agbaje, A.A. eds. (1989) *African Traditional Political Thought and Institutions*. Lagos: Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC).
*Bohannan, Paul J. & Laura (1953) *The Tiv of Central Nigeria* London: International African Institute, 1953.
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*David, T. ed. “Political Aspects of Tiv Social Organisation” in Tribe Without Rules. London: 1958.
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*Downes, R.M. The Tiv Tribe. Kaduna: Government Printer, 1933.
*East, R. ed. Akiga's Story. London: 1965.
*Ehusani, G.O. An Afro-Christian Vision “Ozovehe!.” Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1991. 
*Evans Pritchard, E.E. (1940). *The Nuer.* Oxford Univ. Press, New York.
*Gbor, Capt. J.W.T. Mdugh U Tiv Man Mnyer Ve Ken Benue. Zaria: Gaskiya Publishing Corporation, 1978.
*Hagher, I.H. The Tiv Kwagh-Hir. Ibadan: CBAAC, 1990.
*Ikenga-Metuh, E. Comparative Studies of African Traditional Religion. Onitsha: Imico Publishers, 1987.
*Ikima, O. ed. The Groundwork of Nigerian History. Ibadan: Heinemann Educational Books Nig Ltd. (for the Historical Society of Nigeria), 1980.
*Jibo, M. Tiv Politics Since 1959. Katsina-Ala: Mandate International Limited, 1993.
*Jibo, Mvendaga. Chieftaincy and Politics: The Tor Tiv in the Politics and Administration of Tivland. Frankfurt: Peter Lang AG, 2001. 325 pp. Europäische Hochschulschriften, Reihe 31: Politikwissenschaft Vol. 422  / US- pb.
*Makar, T. A History of Political Change among the Tiv in the 19th and 20th Century. Enugu: Forth Dimension Publishing Co. Ltd., 1994.
*Makar, T. Tiv People in Power Game in Nierian Politic Circa 1950–1983. Makurdi: Government Printer.
*Mbiti, J.S. African Religious and Philosophy. London: Heinemann Press, 1970.
*Middleton, J. & Tait, D. eds. (1958) *Tribes Without Rulers: Studies in African Segmentary Systems*, Routledge & Paul: London.
*Rubingh, E. (1969) *Sons of Tiv*. Grand Rapids: Baker House.
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*Bohannan, P. *Africa*. Vol. XXIV, No.1, 1954.
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