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Some academics believe bridewealth leads to marriage stability, as the bride's family will put pressure on the daughter to remain in the marriage if the payment made was of significant value. [10] In contrast to this practice, other African communities such as many Moroccan ethnic groups participate in a marital custom known as “dowry ...
Marriage in Africa (5 C, 10 P)-Recognition of same-sex unions in Africa (2 C, 13 P) M. Marriage, unions and partnerships in Ethiopia (3 P) S. Marriage, unions and ...
"Matrilocal" means new families are established in proximity to the brides' extended family of origin, not that of the groom. Note: separate in the marriage column refers to the practice of husbands and wives living in separate locations, often informally called walking marriages .
Polygamy in Africa (1 C, 49 P) Pages in category "Marriage in Africa" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The Mareko tribe has its own traditional wedding customs. Women get married aged 15–17, men, 16–20. This tribe has eight different types of weddings. Tewaja means an arranged wedding, Alulima is an accidental wedding, Shokokanecho is where the man goes to the bride's house with his friends and takes her by force.
A traditional Swazi wedding ceremony is called umtsimba (Swazi: [umtsʼimɓa]), where the bride commits herself to her new family for the rest of her life. [1] [2] The ceremony is a celebration that includes members of both the bride's - and the groom's - natal village. There are stages to the wedding that stretch over a few days.
Category: Family in Africa. 3 languages. ... Marriage, unions and partnerships in Africa (4 C, 1 P) C. Family in the Republic of the Congo (1 C) E. Family in Egypt (1 ...
doi: 10.1525/aa.1971.73.3.02a00040. JSTOR 671756. Fox, Robin (1967). Kinship and marriage: an anthropological perspective. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-27823-6. Korotayev, Andrey (2001). "An apologia of George Peter Murdock. Division of labor by gender and postmarital residence in cross-cultural perspective: a reconsideration".