LANGO (Uganda)

 

IndexAfricaUganda → Lango

 

Featured: Ik, Gisu, Acholi, Sebei, Bahima/Bahuma [Hima, Bahuma Bajoro], Bachiga, Lango, Nkole, Ganda, Kiziba, Lugbara, Jie, Iteso, Bwamba, Baamba, So, Guang


 

Mean age of marriage is 18 for men, after puberty for women. Pregnancy is expected within one year of the marriage ceremony (Okello, 1951)[1].

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

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] Okello, Y. K. (1951) Lango marriage, Uganda J 15,1:65-73