The Til Sister Exchange

The lalay were fortunate enough to have largely escaped the devastations of the slave trade. The tiv were sitting practically on the teeth of the shark, and they had to make heroic efforts to keep the threat at bay. This is what i mean by people ripped from their contexts. It was precisely this that made them exchangeable. Though in each case too, a principle stipulated that a woman could only be exchanged for another woman. Some women even stabbed themselves to death when they were given to an old man gainst their will. In spite of all, the tiv did not care. Citing it might seem unfair. But it serves nicely to bring home the real point that