Outline the reasons why single parent families were rare in Traditional African Societies

      

Outline the reasons why single parent families were rare in Traditional African Societies

  

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Kavungya
- People were encouraged to marry
- Spouses who lost their partners were encouraged to remarry / be inherited
and not live as single parents.
- Divorce was discouraged (If it occurs then the affected parties were allowed to remarry)
- Girls who gave birth outside wedlock were married off as extra wives.
- Pre-marital sex that could lead to pregnancy was highly discouraged.
- Marriage was a communal affair and no one was allowed to remain single
- Importance of marriage and staying together as a family was highly valued.
Kavungya answered the question on April 23, 2019 at 07:04


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