Table of Contents:
  • Transformations of African Marriage, Change and Choice : Introduction / Parkin, D. ; Nyamwaya, D.
  • Changing Themes in the Analysis of African Marriage / Burnham, P.
  • Sens et permanence du mariage "arabe" dans la société maure / Bonte, P.
  • Étude de la transformation du mariage chez les Mkako du Cameroun / Copet-Rougier, E.
  • Mariages zaghawa : les changements liés à l'économie et à l'idéologie / Tubiana, M.-J.
  • Social and Symbolic Values of Feminine kne Initiation among the Guro of the Ivory Coast / Deluz, A.
  • Laughter at Marriage : Subversion in performance / Karp, I.
  • Symbolique des rapports entre les femmes et les hommes dans les cultes de possession de type tromba à Madagascar / Ramamonjisoa, S.-A.
  • The Consequences for Women of Marriage Payments in a Society with Patrilineal Descent / Ngubane, H.
  • Aspects of Change in Bridewealth among the Iteso of Kenya / Nagashima, N.
  • On dit que la polygamie est morte : vive la polygamie / Clignet, R.
  • Polygamy and the Household Economy in a Fishing Village in Sierra Leone / Steady, F.C.
  • L'instabilité conjugale et ses conséquences dans la société Swahili de Lamu (Kenya) / Le Guennec-Coppens, F.
  • "Outside Wives" and "Inside Wives" in Nigeria : A study of changing perceptions in marriage / Karanja, W.W.
  • The Old and the New in East African Elite Marriages / Obbo, C.
  • The African or Customary Marriage in Kenyan Law Today / Kamau Kuria, G.
  • The Changing Role of Women and Their Contributions to the Domestic Economy in Cameroon / Nkwi, P.N.
  • Transformations of Southern Tanzanian Marriages / Moser, R.R.
  • Understanding African Marriage : Towards a convergence of literature and sociology / Okpewho, I.