Myths are specific accounts of gods or super-human beings involved in extraordinary events
or circumstances in a time that is unspecified but which is understood as existing apart from …

The title of this book “Heritage, Memory, and Identity: New Perspectives on the Swem Oath,
an African Traditional Justice System” is a true reflection of the complexity associated with …

Migration is a constant behaviour in human history, and has been effective in all human
races throughout the world. No human group can claim not to have migrated from one …

The Tiv are a major ethnic group in the Middle Belt Region of Nigeria. Scholarly writings
about the Tiv usually make mention of Swem as either the 'ancestral home'of the Tiv, or an …

This study investigated the taxation practices of pre-colonial republican African nations, with
focus on the Igbo and Tiv, in present day Nigeria. The study adopted ethnographic literature …