Summary and Analysis of The Marriage of Anansewa

Many people have their peculiar way of instituting marriage depending on their socio-cultural norms which prescribe the duties to be performed by man and woman before and during marriage, often, a life-long responsibility. Before the advent of western civilization in Africa, marriage involved a different process than it is today, in both form and practice. Suffice it to say that the principle remains the same despite the vagaries of cultures in time and space. In some cultures, the marriage process begins with the woman as initiator who is required to pay a dowry for the man. In other cultures, the man being the initiator, pays the bride price. The payment of dowry is more of a symbolic thing than a commercial transaction, because in some cultures the bride price is relatively cheap. In some other cultures, marriage is a major source of income of parents because the amount involved is very high. Marriages are contracted between families often involving ceremonies and the mark of a good in—law among other things, is the number of gifts presented.

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