چکیده (انگلیسی):

Heroic poetry, particularly that of the inyamtswamextraction, is not just popular but fundamental to the existence of the
Tiv people. In this paper, we have attempted to show that aside from providinga channel for the people to express their
love for competition, heroic poetry corrects social vices, performs didactic functions, propagates the people’s culture
and serves as a veritable means of entertainment. It also facilitates the link with the ancestral world. In this age when
advances in Information Communication Technology (ICT) have turned the world into a global village, we believe
there is the risk of the values inherent in Tiv heroic poetry being corrupted and even eroded unless such works as this
present one are sustained.