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| Title: | Parting the long grass: revealing and reconceptualising the African family |
| Authors: | Rwezaura, Bart Armstrong, Alice Ncube, Welshman Stewart, Julie Letuka, Puleng Musanya, Priscilla |
| Year: | 1995 |
| Periodical: | Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law |
| Issue: | 35 |
| Pages: | 25-73 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic terms: | East Africa Southern Africa |
| Subjects: | kinship family law |
| External link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/07329113.1995.10756459 |
| Abstract: | This paper analyses the nature of the family and its functions in contemporary eastern and southern Africa. It focuses on the relationships between family members and the ways in which these social relationships reflect the underlying social and economic circumstances of the region. It also analyses the relationship between family, law and the State. An introduction and an outline of the conceptual framework adopted are followed by a discussion of the ways in which the family has become radically transformed both in terms of its formation and structure and in terms of its functions. The authors consider the hardships caused by economic and social changes, the growing insecurity of families, and the tensions and conflicts between family members as a result of these changes. Next, they explore the ways in which the law regulates and defines the family. By way of conclusion, they look at possible approaches through which the conflicting interests of individual family members can be reconciled with those of the family unit, and the interests of the family with those of the State. Bibliogr., notes, ref. |
