The traditional society of Africa strictly follows the culture of paying "bride price" by the groom's family failing to which consequently lead to the death of the bride in her first childbirth. The African men and women strongly hold this belief no matter how modern the society has become ...
The traditional society of Africa strictly follows the culture of paying "bride price" by the groom's family failing to which consequently lead to the death of the bride in her first childbirth. The African men and women strongly hold this belief no matter how modern the society has become ...
Mante is Pedi, one of South Africa's many ethnic groups, and Andrew's family is from England. The families gathered to negotiate a bride price known as lobola, traditionally a means to cement ties between two families. Lobola is a centuries-old tradition that used to...
In most societies men and women have been valued for their different roles in the household economy. Marriage therefore often has occasioned other economic exchanges. If a woman's labor is highly valued, a man may be required to offer valuable goods (bride-price) or his own labor (bride-ser...
Instead, the widow could pay a bride price and perform other rituals needed to marry another woman, Epprecht said. The widow would then act as the husband in the relationship, and preserve her inheritance and family lineage, Epprecht said. Another man could impregnate the widow's wife, but...
The payment of bride-price is also common in the other southern African countries such as Malawi, Zambia, South Africa and Botswana. In some cases, the traditional marriage ceremony is followed by a Western-style wedding. Although the family is still important in issues regarding marriage, there...
In some cases only one marriage-partner is a child, usually the female, due to importance placed upon female virginity. Other causes of child marriage include poverty, bride price, dowry, laws that allow child marriages, religious and social pressures, regional customs, fear of remaining ...
Research on rape perpetration among adult men in the general population has been increasing in the last decade. A methodology developed in South Africa showed that over a quarter of men (27.6%) disclosed having ever forced a woman to have sex against their will (Jewkes et al., 2010). This...
Cultural chasms often developed between the young, who were open to new family structures and sexual norms, and the old, who insisted on preserving traditions like the bride-price and arranged marriage. While the Trobisches held paternalistic attitudes common among western missionaries of their ...
In most societies men and women have been valued for their different roles in the household economy. Marriage therefore often has occasioned other economic exchanges. If a woman's labor is highly valued, a man may be required to offer valuable goods (bride-price) or his own labor (bride-ser...