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1. The Negative Consequences of Dowry Payment on Women and Society.

Author

ONYANGO, EMILY

Subjects
*DOWRY, *SOCIAL conditions of women, *WOMEN, *BRIDE price, *FORCED marriage, *MARRIAGE
Abstract

The article discusses the negative impact brought to African women and society by the dowry payment practice. Topics discussed include the introduction of the cash economy that led to the commercialization of the dowry, also termed as bride-wealth payment, the common practice of forced marriages in pastoralist communities in the country, and role of African women as a source of labor and a machine for giving birth.

Published
2016