Rodzina afrykańska u Ewe, południowe Togo – część II

• Authors: Sito Edward

Title variants

EN

The African Family on the Example of Ewe, part II

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Based on many years of field research, basic information about the institution of marriage in Togo and a characteristic of various types of marriages were presented: revenge marriage, forced marriage, civil marriage, religious marriage and polygynous marriage. The second part of the study presents the problem of divorce. Characteristics of both the civil path to getting a divorce and a divorce obtained in accordance with traditional procedures are given. This part also includes an anthropological-sociological analysis of the breakdown of marriages.

Keywords

EN

Togo; ethnic group Ewe; traditional marriage; religious marriage; polygyny; divorce

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Afrykanistyczne
• Journal: Afryka
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 48
• Pages: 11-28

Contributors

author

Sito Edward