Book

Luo customary law and marriage laws customs

Govt. Printer] • [Nairobi • Published In 1961 • Pages:

By: Wilson, Gordon M..

Abstract
This book described Luo Customary Law pertaining to land tenure, marriage rules and property inheritance. Drawing on information from several court cases and interviews conducted in1954-1955, the book showed that the nature of these customary laws was closely related to the organization of Luo society into clans, lineages and sublineages.
Subjects
Trial procedure
Real property
Inheritance
Property in movables
Mode of marriage
Termination of marriage
Secondary marriages
Family relationships
Gender status
Kin relationships
Lineages
Missions
Burial practices and funerals
Cult of the dead
Prayers and sacrifices
Purification and atonement
Sex and marital offenses
Kinship regulation of sex
Extramarital sex relations
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
culture
Luo
HRAF PubDate
2010
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Eastern Africa
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Anthropologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
Field Date
1954-1955
Coverage Date
1949-1954
Coverage Place
Kenya
Notes
Gordon M. Wilson
Cover title
At head of title: Colony and Protectorate of Kenya
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
63023785
LCSH
Law, Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) Marriage (Luo Kenya and Tanzanial law)