The African Family on the Example of Ewe, part II

Abstract

Based on many years of field research, basic information about the institution of marriage in Togo and a characteristic of various types of marriages were presented: revenge marriage, forced marriage, civil marriage, religious marriage and polygynous marriage. The second part of the study presents the problem of divorce. Characteristics of both the civil path to getting a divorce and a divorce obtained in accordance with traditional procedures are given. This part also includes an anthropological-sociological analysis of the breakdown of marriages.