Some Aspects of Marital Stability in a Rural Luo Community

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Title:	Some Aspects of Marital Stability in a Rural Luo Community
Author:	Potash, Betty
Year:	1978
Periodical:	Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
Volume:	48
Issue:	4
Pages:	380-397
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Kenya
Subjects:	Luo marriage Women's Issues Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External links:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/1158803 https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1978-048-00-000029
Abstract:	The stability of marriage is on of the most striking features of a rural Luo community, yet discussions of marital problems are endemic. The case studies cited in this article show that the stability in Luo marriage is effected by a number of factors: in cases of separation the woman has to leave children and a woman has no right to land except through marriage. Notes, ref., résumé français, tables.