What you must know about the Traditional Marriage Custom Among the Tiv People.

Introduction.
It is good to remember the past. The writer of this article found out that most of those whom he interviewed were those who actually took part in the Tiv Marriage Customs themselves or they were about to follow the same procedure before it was abolished by the colonial master in 1927.
Tiv People really loved to tell the story of their youth and they engaged in giving details. By the time this type of marriage custom was practiced, the Tiv were not many they were administered under one district officer.
The Tiv Marriage Custom was initially the same everywhere, though there might have been some differences.

Definition of Terms.

There are three major words for marriage in Tiv. These are “Yam”, “Ngohol” and “Er”
“Yam” literally means “buy”. However, when used in connection with marriage it was purely exchange of daughters or sisters with another different family.

“Ngohol” means to “receive”. In connection with marriage among....

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