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How did the African community view marriage?

      

How did the African community view marriage?

  

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johnson
•It’s a stage every man and woman must go through

•It binds a woman and a man as husband and wife

•It extend the kinship ties

•It’s a communal affair

•Husband is considered superior to a wife

•Marriage is meant for procreation

•It sustains life in a community

•Polygamy is emphasized

•It improves on individual status

•Payment of bride wealth is a necessary requirement

•A wife belongs to the entire community

•Premarital pregnancies are discouraged

•Marriage does not end with the death of a husband

•Choice of marriage partner is approved by the senior members of the family

•Wife is subordinate to the husband but has her established rights
johnson mwenjera answered the question on January 7, 2018 at 14:08


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