Benue State
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Benue is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria. It is popularly referred to as part of the Middle Belt. It has an estimated population of about 4,253,641 in the 2006 census. The state was cre
Sunset at River Benue
Mkar Hill
Dancers in Benue state attire
Benue state contingent
Tiv people
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The Tiv are a Bantu ethnic group. They constitute approximately 3.5% of Nigeria's total population, and number over 8 million individuals throughout Nigeria and Cameroon.
Benue State
…Ebonyi and Cross River State to the south; and has an international border with Cameroon to the south-east. It is inhabited predominantly by the Tiv, Idoma and Igede people. Minority ethnic groups in Benue are Etulo, Hausa and Jukun people etc. Its capital is Makurdi. Benue is a rich agricultural…
Tiv elders
Bronze Tiv snuff-taker, c. 1932 ( The Trustees of the British museum)
Photo by Leo Frobenius of a Tiv village in August 1911
A group of Tiv chiefs at an event