Ipusu

Tiv (Nigeria) legendary ancestor, a son of the eponymous Tiv and eponym of the Ipusu division, one of the two primary branches of the Tiv. Typed mortal (legendary human ancestor in agnatic genealogy). Authored to seat the named Ipusu/Ichongo fork descending from Tiv.

Parentage

• parent: Tiv, Eponymous Ancestor of the Tiv

Domains

• ancestry

Relations

• sibling: IchongoIpusu and Ichongo are the two sons of Tiv and the eponyms of the two great Tiv divisions.Akiga, Akigas Story (1939) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Akiga (B. A. Sai), Akigas Story, trans. Rupert East (London, 1939) (primary); Laura Bohannan and Paul Bohannan, The Tiv of Central Nigeria (London: International African Institute, 1953) (secondary)