KADARA (NIGERIA)

 

 

Index → Africa→ Nigeria → Kadara

 

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

 

Infant betrothal is one of three marriage forms (Smith, 1953 [1968:p112])[1]. Premarital chastity is not valued, and out-of-betrothal impregnation would be common.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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] Smith, M. G. (1953) Secondary marriage in Northern Nigeria, Africa 23,4:298-323. Reprinted in Bohannan, P. & Middleton, J. (Eds., 1968) Marriage, Family and Residence. New York: Natural History Press, p109-30