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One of these partner organizations was Nongu u Kristu u ken Sudan hen Tiv NKST, a Christian Reformed group that provides health services through small outposts in the war-torn, AIDS-ravaged states of northern Nigeria.
Latanya Mapp Frett: Working Toward A Generation Without AIDS Latanya Mapp Frett 2011
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One of these partner organizations was Nongu u Kristu u ken Sudan hen Tiv NKST, a Christian Reformed group that provides health services through small outposts in the war-torn, AIDS-ravaged states of northern Nigeria.
Latanya Mapp Frett: Working Toward A Generation Without AIDS Latanya Mapp Frett 2011
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The largest groups within the cluster include the 4 million Ibibio, 3.4 million Tiv, 1.4 million Ebira and 1.3 million Anaang, but there are an additional 45 groups with more than 100,000 members.
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Other major ethnic groups of the north are the Nupe, Tiv, and Kanuri.
Gender Sensitivity Among Nigerian Ethnic Group « Illiteracy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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Near the end of Serpent in Paradise, Birkett quotes from Return to Laughter, in which the anthropologist Elenore Smith Bowen writes about her life among the Tiv of West Africa:
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Tor Tiv (ethnic Tiv traditional chieftain) in Taraba state.
LADIES' CHAMPION 2008
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NigeriaNigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the following are the most populous and politically influential: Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%
Ethnic groups 2008
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Ethnic groups: Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the following are the most populous and politically influential: Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%
Nigeria 2008
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- Nigeria: Religious fighting between Christians and Muslims; ethnic fighting between Egon and Tiv groups.
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(Ibo) 18\%, Ijaw 10\%, Kanuri 4\%, Ibibio 3. 5\%, Tiv 2. 5\%
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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