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In what ways is a marriage partner chosen in traditional African communities?

Give ways through which a marriage partner is chosen in traditional African communities.

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Maurice
(i) Bride-wealth may be paid to the girl's family well in advance.

(ii) A young girl may be given as a gift to another family.

(iii) Some exchange the girls from the two families.

(iv) One may inherit a brother's wife.

(v) A young girl may be given as a way of settling a dispute or to replace one who had died.

(vi) A mediator identifies a girl from a family and suggests to her the family of the young man.

(vii) Parents of the boy may book before the child is born or when still young.

(viii) Parents of the boy visit the parents of the girl to ask for her hand in marriage.

(ix) The young people may court and choose who to marry.

(x) The first wife chooses a girl for her husband.

(xi) The young man and his age mates way lay a girl and take her away for marriage.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on July 22, 2017 at 13:39

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