Growing Up Sexually

 

 

IGALA (NORTHERN NIGERIA) 

 

Index →Africa→Nigeria→ Igala

 

Featured: Badjju, Nupe, Hausa, Kadara, Kagoro, Efik, Tiv, Kanuri, Ijaw/ Ijo, Bini, Marghi, Jekri, Lala, Kofjar, Ibibio, Woodabe Fulani, Borroro Fulani, Ibo[Afikpo Igbo, Asaba Ibo], Rukuba, Irigwe, Yakoe, Igbira, Igala, Orri, Dakarkaki, Tuareg

 

 

The marriageable age was eight to ten for girls, and sixteen to eighteen for boys (Seton, 1930)[1]. Betrothal may occur at age four to five.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Janssen, D. F., Growing Up Sexually. VolumeI. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin: Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology

Last revised: Sept 2004

 


[1] Seton, R. S. (1930) Notes on the Igala tribe, Northern Nigeria, J Afric Soc 29:42-52