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 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] Sai is listed on as a Benue state member of the National People's Congress for 1958.

References
  1. PINE, ATAH. "Akiga Sai, 1898-1959: A Tiv Historiographer and His Craft". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Sai, Akiga (2015). The History of the Tiv. Translated by H. Bergsma, M. Akiga et al. London and Ibadan: International African Institute and Bookcraft.
  3. 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.
  4. "THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AKIGA SAI TO THE EMERGENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN TIV HISTORIOGRAPHY, 1898-1959". Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  5. Bergsma, Harold M. (2015-12-07). "Prologue: History of the Tiv". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 85 (4): 611–618. ISSN 1750-0184.
  6. PINE, ATAH. "Akiga Sai,1898-1959: A Tiv Historiographer and His Craft". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. Sklar, Robert L. (2015-12-08). Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400878239.

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