Akiga Sai
Akiga Sai (1898–1959) was an early Nigerian autobiographer and historian known for History of the Tiv.[1] His 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 him (by Fardon[3], Pine[4] and Bergsma[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] he is listed on p 515 as a Benue state member of the National People's Congress for 1958.
References
- ↑ PINE, ATAH. "Akiga Sai, 1898-1959: A Tiv Historiographer and His Craft".
- ↑ Sai, Akiga (2015). The History of the Tiv. Translated by H. Bergsma, M. Akiga 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: The Journal of the International African Institute. 85 (4): 611–618. ISSN 1750-0184.
- ↑ PINE, ATAH. "Akiga Sai,1898-1959: A Tiv Historiographer and His Craft".
- ↑ Sklar, Robert L. (2015-12-08). Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400878239.
Further reading
- '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"