Akiga Sai
Akiga Sai (1898–1959) was an early Nigerian autobiographer and historian, known for his History of the Tiv.[1]
Sai's Tiv language manuscript was edited and translated into English by Rupert East, and first published in 1939. In 2015 a full edition was published[2] and several other articles published about Sai (by Fardon,[3] Pine[4] and Martin Luter Akiga[5] among others).
Fardon (2015: 572), citing the Tiv historian Atah Pine[6] accords Akiga Sai the following Tiv "firsts": "the first Tiv man to be baptized as a Christian, the first Tiv man to read and write, the first Tiv man to write a letter, first Tiv parliamentarian, first Tiv newspaper editor, and first Tiv man to write a book."
In Sklar's book on Nigerian political parties,[7] Sai is listed on as a Benue state member of the National People's Congress for 1958.
References
[edit]- ^ PINE, ATAH. "Akiga Sai, 1898-1959: A Tiv Historiographer and His Craft".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Sai, Akiga (2015). The History of the Tiv. Translated by Martin Luter Akiga, H. Bergsma, et al. London and Ibadan: International African Institute and Bookcraft.
- ^ Fardon, Richard (2015). "'Do You Hear Me? It is Me, Akiga': Akiga's Story and Akiga Sai's History". Africa. 85 (4): 572–598. doi:10.1017/s0001972015000595. ISSN 0001-9720.
- ^ "THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AKIGA SAI TO THE EMERGENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN TIV HISTORIOGRAPHY, 1898-1959". Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ^ Bergsma, Harold M. (2015-12-07). "Prologue: History of the Tiv". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 85 (4): 611–618. doi:10.1017/S0001972015000613. ISSN 1750-0184. S2CID 146355192.
- ^ PINE, ATAH. "Akiga Sai,1898-1959: A Tiv Historiographer and His Craft".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Sklar, Robert L. (2015-12-08). Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400878239.
Further reading
[edit]- 'Journal of the International African Institute /Revue de l’Institut Africain International Special Issue, Vol. 85 No. 4 November 2015 "Local Intellectuals: Akiga's History of the Tiv"
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