Those who are related by blood include - Brothers - Sisters - Aunts - Uncles - Parents - Cousins - Grandparents By marriage include Wife/ husband Others are referred to as in-laws - Kinship also includes all the living and any given locality. It is also a way of remembering important events in the society. 7. - In some communities, marriage is not recognized without children. 25 likes 25,448 views. Edited by Arthur Phillips, (London: Oxford University Press, 1953), 24 Audrey I. Richards, Bemba Marriage and Present Economic Conditions, The Rhodes-Livingstone Papers, (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1969). First, there is the local unit of matrilocal marriage .. consisting of a man, his wife, his married daughters and their husbands and children,34 Second, the matrilineal descent group which consists of maternal relatives and ancestors traced back to several generations. Grandmothers teach girls their roles and grandfathers maintain law and order .Young unmarried men provide security in form of warriors while boys look after the animals. This is certainly no longer the case in the contemporary African traditional family. 3. 8. - In some communities it would be thrown in rivers, forest in Banana plantations. It does not give warning. Traditional kinship structures remain important in many First Nations communities today. - They are kept company. They at times suffer from loneliness and psychological problems How the aged are taken care of today 1. Other significant strengths are that the traditional African family increased group cohesion in an otherwise harsh physical and social environment. First, the strengths, durability, and resilience of the African traditional family were never dwelt on explicitly and at length. The developments in science and technology. First, two animal totems from one of which the clan derives its name. 4. In a typical traditional African society, the family comprised of a number of individuals, ranging from grandparents,aunts,uncles, father, mother, children etc sometimes the "sahwira" is also regarded as part of that family in some sense. iii. The introduction of formal education Formal education has weakened the role of parents and grandparents. - The bathing symbolizes the beginning of a new state in life. Establishing that traditional Kenyan culture and custom was supportive of high fertility in no way establishes how strongly held are these practices today or how quickly they may change as the socioeconomic basis of the real day-to-day society changes. - Playing football - Wresting - Beer drinking - Wedding ceremonies - Riddles - Folktales - Tongue twisters Today several changes have affected leisure activities. Life is seen to begin from the time of conception since unborn children are taken as part of the community. Through apprenticeship iv. They could also warn of impending danger. they are operational and obtainable in every society around the world be it traditional or modern. pp. That is one cannot escape it 2 It brings impurity to the family and thus several rites are observed after death 3 It deprives the family and the community of the individual. Kinship systems provide each person with a defined role (based on age, gender, and other factors), and serve to link people via duties of care [35856]. These could be through words or deeds. The . Culture and values are adaptive .. ..it is not until this ceremony is completed that the childs legitimacy is once and forever established.17, People gather at the clan chiefs house. FACTORS AFFECTING THE SYSTEM 173 THE SIB: DESCENT AND EXOGAMY Kinship ties necessarily begin within the family as a pro- creational unit. v. They are taught secrets of the society. 2003). People nowadays migrate and buy lands in far places. Children are attached to and cared for by many adults, including grandparents, aunties, uncles and older siblings [29064] [28917]. Download to read offline. - Generosity. Girls at an early age are taught a wide range of household and agricultural duties including cooking, cultivation and tending children. Through this, they believed they could receive blessings. vi. Follow. - They help the priests to performing certain rituals such as sacrifices. This explains why the family household included servants, female slaves, and their children. These relationships which are described in this way are rituals of respect between a son-in-law and his mother-in-law, a daughter-in-law and her father-in-law. Before this ceremony, the child is not considered a complete member of the clan or society. Grandparents are charged with the duty of counseling. Lastly, this author will argue that the Eurocentric nature of the descriptions and characterization of the traditional African family patterns by earlier scholars has tended to distort and obscure many of the strengths of the African traditional family. BIRTH Pregnancy - This is the first stage in the life of a person. They also perform light duties for relatives. Price, Thomas., A Short English-Nyanja Vocabulary. - It is through marriage that children are born to the community. 6 Ibid., p.10 Note also that special attention should be paid to the distinction between polygyny being practiced widely among people of Africa and it being the dominant form of traditional family pattern. They are experts in particular religious fields. Everyone has an obligation to marry or get married. The histories and cultures of Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia and North Africa are covered . Land was owned by the community. Western Culture: Has provided the spirit of individualization. Once the proposals are made, the parents and relatives would begin marriage negotiations. 4. 1. The midwife advises on post-natal care of the mother and the baby. Education of children has been left to teachers. fellow Christians. There are counselors that give the aged hope and love. But typically news, information, and gossip flow readily through the network, with some individuals acting as "kin . v. Others would also be killed for crimes such as murder. Bride wealth has lost its original meaning and has been commercialized. Dowry seals marriage, before dowry is paid marriage is considered as incomplete. These views were expressed before 1930s and as late as 1960s. Both the mother and the child are given charms to protect them. - Can interfere with an individuals reproductive system. Marriage is no longer a must and many people decide not to marry. Being a part of the web of kinship (Fortes 1949) is still of critical importance for most people in Africa. 16. 2. 5. However, as a prospective husband, you are told to pay for the marriage and not the bride. a person born during locusts invasion can be called Adede among the luo. Edited by Arthur Phillips, (London: Oxford University Press, 1953) p.14, 37 Lucy P. Mair, African Marriage and Social Change, in Survey of African Marriage and Family Life, Edited by Arthur Phillips, (London: Oxford University Press, 1953) p.51 Naboth M. J. Ngulube, Some Aspects of Growing Up in Zambia. iii. Dressing The dress code differed from one community to another in the traditional African setup. - It is against Christian teaching on circumcision because God instructed Abraham to circumcise male descendants - It lowers the dignity of the individual (dehumanizing) - One can contract dangerous diseases such as HIV and AIDS. Which factors have led to the weakening of kinship ties in Kenya today? - Kinship ties assist people to live peacefully and in harmony with others. - They give instructions to the younger generation on their roles and duties. Makini. 5. Second, the continued Eurocentric descriptions and characterization of the African traditional family as some what depraved lead to the use of such terms as bride price, avoidance social taboos, segregated relationships, lack of love and tenderness in African marriages and families. In western European societies Jack Goode finds that world revolution has contributed for the transformation of . What is significant about the various descriptions of the traditional African family is that they are from back in the period before the 1940s and in case of the Baganda from the late 1800s. (Buffalo: Amulefi Publishing Company, 1980). iv. 2 William J. They include: i. 5. It is not possible to gather initiates together in some communities. among the Akamba pregnant women are not supposed to eat fats, beans or animals killed using poison. These can be by blood, marriage or adoption. Such include: - - Birth - Initiation - Marriage - Death 5. - Marriage brought unity in the society. Religion: Africans now get identified with new groupings e.g. There is socialization to raise boys and girls to become responsible and acceptable adults of the village, community, and ultimately society. Urbanization: Those who move away from home to towns in search of Jobs are drawn from their ancestral homes. Almost 30% of all single-parent families headed by women are officially poor. Significance of dowry payment The custom of paying personal gifts to the brides people is practiced all over Africa sometimes referred to as Bride wealth or Bride price. ii. 2. - People write wills to share or decide who should inherit their property. That is to say a man goes to live in his wifes village, at any rate for the first years of his married life.22 This is also true of marriage among other Zambian tribes like the Bisa, Lala, Lamba, Chewa, Kaonde, and many others. The author describes the interaction between the Baganda mother and her baby as unfavorable and lacking any affection or love. She organizes the disposal of the placenta (after birth). - Protection charms are tied around the neck or the waist of the child. Natural Factors: ADVERTISEMENTS: Natural forces and factors play an important role in unifying or disintegrating the society. The study of African societies has become an established area of scholarship, with sophisticated analyses that are far from earlier works . For example, all weapons and iron implements are removed from the house of an expectant mother. CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN AFRICAN UNDERSTANDING Today many people talk of the way things were sometimes back many factors have affected the African culture. Importance of marriage - Marriage is for the continuity of the society and is an institution that is ordained by God. It is also a taboo to marry close relative. There are serious cases of misuse of leisure in the form of; - Watching and reading pornographic literature. Opiyo and Odongo among the Luo. Edited by G.A. Lous Wirth also believed that the city is not conducive to the traditional type of family life. 4. v. Marking of the body (scarification) - During initiation, the initiates are removed from the rest of the community. KINSHIP SYSTEM - Kinship refers to being related to another either by blood or marriage. While the basic functions of the family remain the same all over the world, traditional African families have undergone significant transformations attributed to an interplay of factors, including Christianity, industrialization, educational expansion, population growth, monetization of the economy, migration, civilization, and now globalization. A curse by the community. Many communities made clothes from animal skins, bark of trees, sisal and leaves. Today choosing of a marriage partner is individualized and the parents do nowadays not choose the marriage partner. - Property can be owned outside ones ancestral home. Naming ceremonies also provide opportunity to teach the culture of the youth. 8. The government has also set up insurance and pension schemes to enable people who are employed continue to get a decent life after retirement e.g. Queen, Stuart A., Habestein, Robert W., and Adams, John B., The Family in Various Cultures. Lusaka: National Educational Company of Zambia, and Kenneth Kaunda Foundation, 1970. .The eldest son cannot inherit.15, The Baganda practice the levirate custom. ii. They are free most of them and can get time for the younger generation. However, both the organization of the family unit, marriage, decent systems and the structure of kinship relations vary from society to society and through time (Ingiabuna et al. The degree of which witchcraft as a cause of death is emphasized varies from one community to another. LAND In the traditional African society, people had a lot of attachment to land. People learn to be thankful to God, parents, relatives and one another AFRICAN UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY AND KINSHIP African community is used to refer to a group of people occupying a particular geographical area, share common interest and practices a sense of togetherness. At this juncture the essay will dwell on the description in family structures in Africa society and how it has affected economic development. (New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1961)p.76. - Children made marriage complete. People of the same age set consider themselves as brothers and sisters. Good, Changing Family Patterns: Sub-Saharan Africa, in World Revolution and Family Patterns. The clan assumes control of inheritance; the wishes of the dead person may or may not be honored. According to Mair, .the polygynous joint family, consisting of a man, his wives, and their children, is the ideal for most Africans.5 Studies conducted from the 1930s to 1950s indicate that polygyny was common virtually in all regions of Africa.6, In spite of the perversity of polygyny, there was evidence that it was on the decline. Young men are taught to be honest in all their undertakings. There is a lot of secrecy surrounding the knowledge of herbs. This manuscript was written for a book, which was never published, which was to be edited by Dr. Elizabeth Brooks who was a lecturer at the University of Zambia. Severing the ties of kinship is among the body sins and it is among the major sins. - Initiation rites have certain symbolic meanings. Marriage: Has been individualized and is no longer a communal affair. Young initiates are trained to be responsible husbands and wives in future. to find out if they are related. Some have even gone as far as saying that for the African husband nothing else matters so long as he impregnates his wife every few years.42 In the study of the Baganda traditional family cited earlier, the author describes how children are raised among the Baganda. - The wife or orphans sometimes get mistreated. - Misuse of sex. 9) The practice has also been affected by belief in conventional medicine. Some people believe casting of an evil eye would cause bodily harm to somebody. A community has distinct beliefs, customs and cultural practices. Characteristics of African community 1. Diseases such as epidemics would kill people. Christianity: Christianity has weakened African Kinship ties by introducing new ties by the Christian family. Tembo, Mwizenge S., A Sociological Analysis of the African Personality Among Zambian Students. - Rainmakers observe the behavior of insects, birds and animals to predict the nature of rain. 2. They believe iron implements attract lightning. According to Dziro and Mhlanga (2018), urbanization, HIV/AIDS, and poverty in Africa are all factors that stifle the effectiveness of informal kinship approaches to proper childcare and. It gives the couple time to study the character of the partner and find out if he or she is the best. 3. iv. 25 This book is written in Chewa indigenous Central African language. They are people who claim a common ancestry and are related by blood. - In most African communities a widow was inherited by the husbands close relatives. At times girls could be given to repay debts. ii. Second Edition, London: The Macmillan Press, Ltd., 1974. They were believed to have a lot of experience in life. Although among the Baganda, the nuclear family of the mother, father, and their children constitutes the smallest unit of the Baganda kinship system, the traditional family consists of several nuclear units held in association by a common father.9 Because the Baganda people are patrilineal, the household family also includes other relatives of the father such as younger unmarried or widowed sisters, aged parents, and children of the fathers clan sent to be brought up by him. 28-39. Similar customs or rules of restrictions in interaction apply between many other kin in a traditional African family. They play the role of counselors and advisors to the community. - In some communities such a girl would be stabbed by an arrow and killed while in others she would be married to an old man. Marriage has been commercialized - many people demand higher payment for their daughter. 6. - A child who remained an orphan was easily adopted into another family. It has been widely documented, particularly in Western cultural settings, that women prefer to compete less than men. They also play the role of priests and pray for people. - This special treatment starts before and continues after childbirth. 36 Lucy P. Mair African Marriage and Social Change, in Survey of African Marriage and Family Life. Girls brought wealth in form of cattle to marriage. The government, the church and non-governmental organizations have built homes for the aged. A mock wrestling sometimes would be organized between the boy and the girl. 7. However, it is not a form of payment as is mistaken by others. Some of the celebrations like beer drinking are slowly dying out. (New York: The Free Press, 1963.) | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples Depending on the region and the people, these. The subject of traditional family patterns in Africa is so broad that it cannot be adequately addressed in one chapter. The paternal grandmothers drop the cords into a can, which contains beer, milk, and water. Prophets or priests also have political role e.g. They advise the expectant mother on how to take care of herself. Although polygamy is the act of an individual being married to more than one spouse at the same time, the more commonly practiced in Africa is polygyny .the legal marriage of one man to two or more women concurrently is permitted.4 This author argues that because of its perversity, the presence and absence of polygyny was a significant determinant and indicator of the nature of virtually every African social group; whether tribe, clan, or extended family, whether matrilineality or patrilineality was practiced, bride price existed, and how children were raised. Names are also given in honor of ancestors. Changing Family Patterns: Sub-Saharan Africa, in World Revolution and Family Patterns. - Marriage ensures that children are not born outside wedlock. They also do the work of advisors e.g. The traditional healers are still important today especially to those who had let down by medicine prescribed by doctors. If one fails to show respect to such seniors. 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These carried with them all the heavy social obligations demanded of a mother or father, daughter or son. Choosing of a marriage partner This differs from one community to another. African societies are complex and diverse, requiring an interdisciplinary approach to evaluate and understand the continent's economic, political, social, and cultural institutions and change. First, two animal totems from one of which the clan derives its name. The mid wife checks any abnormalities on the babies at the correct time. Meanwhile, the median income of married-couple families is much higher ($72,589). a diviner would be called when something was stolen. 1967. It can determine a person's political identity and the way money and property are transferred. It is said to be the basic and universal in relationships. A good son-in-law hoes the garden, chops trees, and generally help his wifes family as proof of his love for his wife, dedication, and being a well cultured individual. The elderly are physically in active. the outcome of a war 5. Bantu Migrations Stateless Societies Bantu Societies did not depend on elaborate hierarchy of officials of a bureaucracy Governed through Kinship groups - extended families consisting of about 100 people. Modern education and western culture has affected dowry payment in that many educated attach little value to dowry payment. Death must have a cause. - They are concerned with maintenance of law and order in the community. The clan chooses the heir. Religion: People have some religious beliefs, which promote unity, and every community believes in the existence of one God. v. There was a lot of fairness in the distribution of property. The purpose of sex is purely for procreation hence this discouraged sex before marriage. They are neglected by their children especially those working in the towns. among the Luos the man is buried at the right and woman is buried the left. iii. 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