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The Yoruba integrate many traditional Yoruba marriage customs (such as arranged marriages and bridewealth) into their Christian and Islamic ceremonies. [11] Marriage to this ethnic group is seen to be the foundation of their society rather than a bond between two people expressing love for one another.
As immigrants settled in and melded into a new culture, arranged marriages shifted first to quasi-arranged marriages where parents or friends made introductions and the couple met before the marriage; over time, the marriages among the descendants of these immigrants shifted to autonomous marriages driven by individual's choice, dating and ...
The rest of “Arranged Marriage” details Rexford’s views on life and her advice for other women. “I want to teach women to love themselves and put themselves first,” she said.
Among the Mundugumor, arranged marriages were the most common and widely accepted way of creating a husband and wife bond. [4] All arranged marriages in Mundugumor culture involved familial ties and acceptance. Marriages were formed around brother-and-sister exchange. This exchange caused brothers to have pre-emptive rights over their sisters ...
Sobonfu Somé wrote about African culture, with a focus on her and her husband's interpretations of Dagara spiritual traditions for use by Westerners. One story she relayed was that, in a naming ceremony, her mother had been placed in a trance-like state in which she and the elders of the community divined Sobonfu's life purpose.
Note: separate in the marriage column refers to the practice of husbands and wives living in separate locations, often informally called walking marriages. See the articles for the specific cultures that practice this for further description.
As someone in a happy arranged marriage, I find value in it, and so do many of my cousins, friends and colleagues who share similar views Voices: Why I had an arranged marriage – and it doesn ...
After I escaped an arranged marriage by fleeing to the utopia of Akron, Ohio, ‘American woman’ is a moniker I now wear proudly.” The cover of comedian Zarna Garg's memoir 'This American Woman'