book chapter
Akiga's story: the Tiv tribe as seen by one of its members
Oxford University Press • London, New York [etc.] • Published In 1939 • Pages:
By: Akiga, East, Rupert, International Institute Of African Languages And Cultures.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph, written by a member of the Tiv tribe and edited by a British education officer, was the best publication on the Tiv in the early 1950s. As one man's description of his own people, it naturally contains gaps, is somewhat lacking in organization from the Western point of view, and is biased in certain of its interpretations. Akiga however presents a thorough and conscientious study of both historical and contemporary (i.e., 1916-1936) Tiv society. Akiga's coverage of social organization, history, religion and acculturation is excellent. As a native observer Akiga includeed material that would be largely inaccessible to an outsider. The manuscript was selectively translated and edited by Dr. East, a British associate of Akiga with many years of experience among the Tiv, whose interpretive comments throughout add much to a fuller understanding of the material.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Body alterations
- Chief executive
- Sorcery
- Magic
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tiv
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Margaret Coughlin ; 1950-1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1916-1936
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1911-1936
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Benue State, Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- edited and translated by Rupert East
- This document consists of excerpts
- Each comment by East has been indented and preceded by 'Ed:' to distinguish it from that written by Akiga
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 40008326
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tiv (African people)