Abstract
<p>There is an ironic sense of fatalism in the Praise Poetry of the Tiv people which is created to elicit honour, heroism and success. It is an art form that evokes extreme emotions but also purges them in a manner that puts the reader or hearer in control of himself.</p><p>This paper examines a selection of oral poems by Obadia Orkor from Ukum district of Benue State to prove that Tiv art is a secular craft that seeks rational interpretation of man’s tragic fate in the same manner Greek tragedies did in classical times.</p>
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