At The Crossroads To The Future
The sun sets at Camp 2 IDP camp Daudu bringing yet another day of their lives as refugees to an end The people of the Tiv tribe in Benue State, North Central Nigeria are known for hard work and gracious hosts. A typical Tiv man is raised a provider. He toils under the hot sun in his large farms with his family and entertains guests with sumptuous meals. Huge servings of 'luam' and rich soups laden with different types of 'nyam' (meat) for their enjoyment. The Tiv people are part of the groups of Nigerians that have received the short end of the stick in the farmers/herdsmen crisis. Such claims they predicate on the unwarranted large scale series of violent attacks and bloodshed. Unimaginable pain caused by senseless violence borne from years and years of the farmers/herders conflict. A situation that has rendered thousands homeless, many maimed and left in its trails, sorrows, tears and death. Members of the community allege that, from passionat...