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| Title: | Marriage among the Wogo |
| Author: | Olivier de Sardan, J.-P. |
| Book title: | Relations of production; Marxist approaches to economic anthropology / ed. by D. Seddon |
| Year: | 1978 |
| Pages: | 357-388 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Niger |
| Subjects: | Wogo marriage |
| Abstract: | The Wogo live in Niger on the islands of the Niger river. This article describes the marriage ceremonies, the gifts exchanged between the two families etc. as it used to be and the modern changes. It explains how these exchanges buttress the position of the seniors versus their juniors. Diagr., map, tab., ref. |