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Who is a wife?essay 1983 • Vellenga, Dorothy Dee
Akan • Africa > Western Africa
The Akan have as many words for marriage as the Eskimo do for snow. Marriages varied according to the differences in lineage involvement, gift exchanges, rituals, and statuses. The passing of the 1884 Marriage Ordinance Act attempted to set a standar...