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Marriage Traditions And Divorce – Everything About Wolof Culture by weddman: 2:31pm On Nov 07, 2019 |
Marriage in Senegal has greatly changed in recent times due to western influences. But in rural areas the differences are not much. Traditional marriage in Wolof culture is such a unique one where the maternal influence play a major role. The Wolof people are found in North-Eastern part of Senegal, Mauritania, and Gambia. The Wolof people are the largest ethnic grouping in Senegal (35% of the Senegalese populace) and in Gambia they are about 12% of the Gambian populace. The Wolof as a people are largely Muslim and they practice Islam as religion. The institution of marriage is an essential part of the Wolof culture. This statement indicates that a family is an important unit, to the Wolof people, the family forms a building block for other social units into which the Wolof society is organized. To form a stronger and stable family unit, the Wolof people believed that cross-cousin marriage (young man marrying a maternal uncle’s daughter) was the best form of marriage – they are matrilineal in nature. This favors the idea that such measures provided the best and most stable marriages. Although it allowed for a young man to marry a paternal aunt’s daughter. The Wolof attaches more importance to the stability and success of the family unit. Therefore, priority is first given to marriage to a maternal uncle’s daughter. Full details here 1 Like
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Re: Marriage Traditions And Divorce – Everything About Wolof Culture by weddman: 2:31pm On Nov 07, 2019 |
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Re: Marriage Traditions And Divorce – Everything About Wolof Culture by Lagbaja01(m): 2:47pm On Nov 07, 2019 |
That's inbreeding.... the Wolof people have high chance of birthing offspring with genetic disorders. |
Re: Marriage Traditions And Divorce – Everything About Wolof Culture by weddman: 3:08pm On Nov 07, 2019 |
Lagbaja01: they believe it keeps the family strong and united |
Re: Marriage Traditions And Divorce – Everything About Wolof Culture by Lagbaja01(m): 5:04pm On Nov 07, 2019 |
You need to go educate them....decades ago in Nigeria, twins are considered abomination but thank God for Mary Mitchell Slessor a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Nigeria who stopped the killing of twins and other forms of infanticide. weddman: |
Re: Marriage Traditions And Divorce – Everything About Wolof Culture by 1Sharon(f): 1:03am On Nov 10, 2019 |
Lagbaja01: Was every group in Nigeria killing twins? |
Re: Marriage Traditions And Divorce – Everything About Wolof Culture by DanZubair(m): 6:51pm On Nov 10, 2019 |
1Sharon:Not every group; the Hausa don't. We have long ages native names like "Tawaye", "Gambo" and "Agada", all given to twin births and their brothers and sister. |
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