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A LEAD PAPER PRESENTATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
ETHNIC MINORITY AGITATIONS AND NIGERIAN POLITICS: REFLECTIONS ON THE TIV “REVOLTS” OF 1964: 50 YEARS AFTER
@
BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY, MAKURDI, NIGERIA.
APRIL, 2014.
INTRODUCTION
The main reason for the Tiv “revolts” of the 1960s...