06 Jan 2026 Anthropology and Ethnography Cultural Heritage Historical Studies Iron and Spirit: The Role of the “Ateiwya” (Blacksmith Workshop) as a Sacred Space for Weaponry and Moral Teaching among the Tiv Traditional blacksmith at work with forge, anvil, bellows and hammer shaping iron. Photo credit: Charlesnike via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Tiv people of central Nigeria possess a long-standing tradition…
