One of the reasons for marriage was procreation. What is the importance of children in traditional African communities?

      

One of the reasons for marriage was procreation. What is the importance of children in traditional African communities?

  

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Children provide the necessary labour required to carry out domestic tasks and inherited family property
Children ensured continuity of the clan.
Children are a source of prestige and promote the social status of the parents.
Children make the marriage complete and strengthen the bond between the parents.
Children provide security for their home.
Children take care of their parents in old age and give them decent burials.
Faimus answered the question on December 17, 2017 at 17:53


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