An Alternative to Patriarchal Marriage
The focus of this article is on new marital forms of women in a growing provincial town of Masvingo in Southern Zimbabwe. The study shows that many urbanites were turning to alternative marital forms, especially to what is commonly referred to in Zimbabwe as mapoto, a loosely structured relation wi...
| Published in: | Nordic Journal of African Studies |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nordic Africa Research Network
2002-03-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/368 |