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According to a 2008 William & Mary Law School study, an estimated 18 percent of Zimbabwean women belong to polygamous marriages. [2] The study suggested that there may be a decrease in the incidence of polygamy in Zimbabwe due to an ever-weakening economy that would not enable men to financially support multiple partners.
Customary law, one of the three legal systems in operation in Nigeria (the other two being Nigerian common law and Sharia law) allows for one man to legally marry more than one woman. Unlike those marriages recognized by Sharia, there is no limit to the number of legal wives allowed under customary law.
Lobolo or lobola in Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Silozi, and northern and southern Ndebele (mahadi in Sesotho, mahari in Swahili, magadi in Sepedi and bogadiSetswana, lovola in Xitsonga, and mamalo in Tshivenda) roora in [ChiShona}, sometimes referred to as "bride wealth" [1] [2] [3] or "bride price" is a property in livestock or kind, which a prospective husband, or head of his family, undertakes to ...
Studies performed on students within Ghana showed strong evidence suggesting that young people within Africa are drawn towards civil or religious marriages as opposed to traditional marriages. [12] The study revealed that men were more likely to want a traditional marriage than women. Polygamy is heavily integrated into traditional Ghanaian ...
Human–animal marriage is a marriage between a human and a non-human animal. This topic has appeared in mythology and magical fiction . [ 1 ] In the 21st century, there have been numerous reports from around the world of humans marrying their pets and other animals.
Evidence for polygamy in ancient Egypt can be found among both the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom. [3]During the dynastic rule of Amenophis III, numerous polygynous marriages between Amenophis III and foreign princesses occurred, which later led to the princesses being buried in the Valley of the Queens along with the following description of them as part of the harem of the king: “'She of ...
Marriage rituals, however, were important events to the Africans, who came in many cases come from richly ceremonial African cultures. Taking marriage vows in the presence of a witness and then leaping over the handle of a broom became the common practice to create a recognized union.
Sicilia, Olga (2011) Oratory in Mhondoro ritual spaces in northern Zimbabwe ―Traditional authority, power relations and local political structures, University of Vienna; Solidarity Peace Trust (2004) No War in Zimbabwe: An Account of the Exodus of a Nation’s People, Johannesburg: Solidarity Peace Trust, 2004