Uke

Tiv (Nigeria) legendary ancestor, the second son of Takuruku and brother of the eponymous Tiv; the genealogical eponym of the non-Tiv peoples in Tiv reckoning. Typed mortal (legendary human ancestor). Authored to complete Takurukus named sons.

Parentage

• parent: Founding Ancestor of the Tiv

Domains

• ancestry

Relations

• sibling: Tiv, Eponymous Ancestor of the TivUke and Tiv are the two sons of Takuruku.Akiga, Akigas Story (1939) (primary)

Sources

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