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Title:Upombwe: adultery in Shona law
Author:Gelfand, MichaelISNI
Year:1975
Periodical:Nada: The Southern Rhodesia Native Affairs Department Annual
Volume:11
Issue:2
Pages:192-199
Language:English
Geographic term:Zimbabwe
Subjects:Shona
extramarital sexuality
customary law
family law
Abstract:After a short introduction into the meaning of the concept of adultery in former days and today, the article describes court procedures in case of adultery and damages paid by the adulterer. Special attention is paid to a more serious case of adultery: when the adulterer deserts with another man's wife. Figures of two Court Case records show the frequency of adultery. Notes, tables.
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