Sai's Tiv language manuscript was edited and translated into English by Rupert East, and first published in 1939. In 2015 a full edition was published[2] and several other articles published about Sai (by Fardon,[3] Pine[4] and Martin Luter Akiga[5] among others).
Fardon (2015: 572), citing the Tiv historian Atah Pine[6] accords Akiga Sai the following Tiv "firsts": "the first Tiv man to be baptized as a Christian, the first Tiv man to read and write, the first Tiv man to write a letter, first Tiv parliamentarian, first Tiv newspaper editor, and first Tiv man to write a book."
In Sklar's book on Nigerian political parties,[7] Sai is listed on as a Benue state member of the National People's Congress for 1958.
^Sai, Akiga (2015). The History of the Tiv. Translated by Martin Luter Akiga, H. Bergsma, et al. London and Ibadan: International African Institute and Bookcraft.
