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Title: | The Engagement and Marriage Customs of the Hambukushu of Ngamiland |
Author: | Larson, Thomas J. |
Year: | 1981 |
Periodical: | South African Journal of Ethnology |
Volume: | 4 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 33-39 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Botswana |
Subjects: | Mbukushu marriage Women's Issues Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
Abstract: | The Hambukushu are a small riverine Bantu-speaking matrilineal society of approximately 16,000 to 18,000 who live mainly along the Okavango River in South West Africa/Namibia, and of the matrilineal custums of the central African peoples. Isolated in a remote region of south central Africa they still observe many of their traditional customs. Those pertaining to engagement and marriage are described in the present article, in the following sections: the forms of engagement - marriage - family composition - bride-service and bride-wealth - the polygynous household - bride capture and elopement. Ref., sum. in Afrikaans. |