Book
Marriage and divorce in the customs of the Ouolof inhabiting large towns in Senegal
Librairie Générale de Droit et de Jurisprudence • 6 • Published In 1952 • Pages: HRAF MS: 55 [Original: 474-532 ]
By: Chabas, Jean, Scholl, Bernard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a discussion of Wolof customary laws regarding marriage and divorce as applied in the native courts and modified French decrees. Part I discusses the conditions necessary for the establishment of marriage and the sanctions imposed for the observance of these conditions, the formalities required for each of the successive steps leading to marriage, and the rights and duties of marriage partners. Part II discusses the conditions recognized by customs and law for the dissolution of marriage, the procedure to be followed, and the rights and obligations of the divorced persons.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Extended families
- Arranging a marriage
- Regulation of marriage
- Secondary marriages
- Mode of marriage
- Termination of marriage
- Sex and marital offenses
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Wolof
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Judicial Personnel
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert Lee ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1950
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1950
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Senegal
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. Chabas
- Translation of: Le Marriage et le divorce dans les coutomes des Ouolofs habitant les grands centres du Sénégal
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Bernard Scholl
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 55016834
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Wolof (African people)