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Map of Nigeria with Various Ethnic Groups

Tiv Social Structure

By Digital Team • March 21, 2025

The Tiv people's approach to intermarriage and kinship relations reveals a deeply structured society where lineage, heritage, and tradition play crucial roles...

A group of people standing and holding drums around an adolescent boy.

Bodily Markings and Modifications

By Digital Team • March 2, 2025

Throughout history, the Tiv embraced unique customs that define their identity, strength, and beauty, which were...

A man in a black and white striped dress is dancing

Relations with Neighbours

By Digital Team • February 25, 2025

Interactions with various ethnic groups are described as they migrated and settled in different regions...

A man without a shirt is squatting down wearing a black and white striped loin cloth.

Striped Legacy

By Digital Team • February 25, 2025

The black-and-white pattern carries symbolic weight with many that see it as representing harmony—black signifying...

An illustration of a family resting on their farm holding a new baby.

Roots of Tiv Clans

By Digital Team • February 24, 2025

The story of Ipusu and Ichongo is crucial to appreciating Tiv heritage, as their legacy shapes the social and political structures of the Tiv people even today...