Marriage Process of the maSubiya: Past and Present
Since many of the traditional practices of the maSubiya have not been documented or recorded, this chapter is an attempt at salvaging the cultural marriage practices of the maSubiya that appears to be disappearing. Contact with Europeans has highly disrupted and changed African family life, especial...
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| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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IntechOpen
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/83608 |
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| Sumario: | Since many of the traditional practices of the maSubiya have not been documented or recorded, this chapter is an attempt at salvaging the cultural marriage practices of the maSubiya that appears to be disappearing. Contact with Europeans has highly disrupted and changed African family life, especially marriage. Due to Western influence and exertion over African cultures, today many Subiya young people have little regard for their marital procedures and processes. The objectives of this chapter are 1) to explore the process or stages of marriage of the maSubiya people; 2) to compare and contrast the past and present practices of marriage of the maSubiya; 3) to document the unrecorded marriage practices of the maSubiya; and 4) to arouse the intellectual minds to study the subject at hand. The chapter is guided by the dominant paradigm, which assumes that the maSubiya were pressured to abandon their own cultural values to adopt the values embodied in Christian or civil marriages. Data were collected mainly from observations and available literature. The marriage process of the maSubiya includes but is not limited to consultations with one’s uncles and aunts, understanding the family background of a potential wife, paying malobolo (bridal price), and finally marriage. Throughout the process, metaphorical expressions are used to convey messages. |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-80356-947-5 |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.106726 |