They are not supposed to take part in heavy duties or carry heavy loads. They have the ability to foretell what would happen in the future. The elderly are physically in active. If they float, the clan chief accepts the children as legitimate; but if the cord sinks, the child to whom it belongs is considered born in adultery and disowned.18, After this part of the ceremony, a feast is held. Headmanships of villages, court offices, ritual titles, and chieftainships are passed on in this way. 2. 47 Mwizenge S. Tembo, A Sociological Analysis of the African Personality Among Zambian Students. ii. They give information concerning cause, nature and treatment of diseases. Kinship System in African Communities. Second Edition, London: Cambridge University Press, 1984, Ch. - They preside over important occasions such as initiation, planting and marriage. It is believed that after death one continues to live in the spirit world and therefore the dead relatives are to be given descent burial so that they cannot harm the living. ii. could advice on when to go to war. Richards, Audrey I., Bemba Marriage and Present Economic Conditions, The Rhodes-Livingstone Papers, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1969. ii. - Marriage brings completeness in a person. - A lot of bleeding can lead to the death of an individual. Prayers are offered also during time of calamities. - With the introduction of money economy it is possible to sell land. A woman inherits her maternal grandmother or sisters. Second, social support is usually sought from the matrilineal line or descent group. It is also a symbolic act of breaking the bride completely from the state of unmarried life once dowry is paid she becomes full and mature person. Scholars of the African traditional family agree that the one widely known aspect that distinguishes the African traditional family, say from the European one, is the perversity of polygamy3. Boys will live with the brothers of their father and until marriage, girls live in the home of a married elder brother or with the brother of the father. - Land can now be sold or auctioned. People like politicians and students consult medicine men to succeed in the careers. Therefore, the new families tend to generally live near or with the husbands parents. Maintaining ties of kinship is the way to the security of the Muslim nation. The mothers bring children of both sexes with the umbilical cords carefully kept after birth. Edited by G.A. Most of these ceremonies are religious. Some have even gone as far as saying that for the African husband nothing else matters so long as he impregnates his wife every few years.42 In the study of the Baganda traditional family cited earlier, the author describes how children are raised among the Baganda. Those who are related by blood include - Brothers - Sisters - Aunts - Uncles - Parents - Cousins - Grandparents By marriage include Wife/ husband Others are referred to as in-laws - Kinship also includes all the living and any given locality. - Life is also seen as communal. They are given time to heal. This helps to control peoples behaviors. 2. The purpose of sex is purely for procreation hence this discouraged sex before marriage. At times force could be applied to get a reluctant young girl marry the partner. 5. among the Kisii, a person born crossing the river could be called Kwamboka. Dowry payment is no longer a communal affair but an individual affair. It was written in 1988. After initiation one is now free to marry and has a right to inherit his fathers property. © 2023 Tutorke Limited. Division of labor in African societies, labor is divided according to sexes. vi. 5 It comes unannounced. 6. In male-speaking terms, fathers sisters daughters (cross-cousins) are called cousins. Explaining Caribbean Family Patterns. Th importance whice h UNICEF attaches to the family is also based on the Conventio onn the Eliminatio onf However, children are never kissed kissing is not known to the Baganda and the close intimacy of the mother-child relationship as found in America, for example, is not present. According to Mair, .the polygynous joint family, consisting of a man, his wives, and their children, is the ideal for most Africans.5 Studies conducted from the 1930s to 1950s indicate that polygyny was common virtually in all regions of Africa.6, In spite of the perversity of polygyny, there was evidence that it was on the decline. - They could also feel their body senses to predict rain. These variations are caused by differences in tribal customs or culture according geography, history, religion, external influence of colonialism, inter migration, political and economic structures and influences. Edited by Arthur Phillips, (London: Oxford University Press, 1953) p.14, 37 Lucy P. Mair, African Marriage and Social Change, in Survey of African Marriage and Family Life, Edited by Arthur Phillips, (London: Oxford University Press, 1953) p.51 Naboth M. J. Ngulube, Some Aspects of Growing Up in Zambia. Changes that have affected land ownership - Today its a requirement by the government that one must possess a land title deed. 3. Similar systems of kinship terminology can be found, for example, among the Ndebele of Zimbabwe, the Zulu of South Africa, the Ngoni and Tumbuka of Eastern Zambia. It varies from culture to culture, from society to society. And this, together with neolocality, makes it nearly impossible to use kinship in structuring our social order. For example, among the Tumbuka38 of Eastern Zambia the verb kugula (to buy) is used to refer to purchasing of material objects or commodities and domestic animals. 3. 2 William J. Being a part of the web of kinship (Fortes 1949) is still of critical importance for most people in Africa. The education provided is a lifelong process. 2. 1975. They are important because they have a lot of experience. among the Luos a person who comes out with the placenta would be called Obiero or Awino. (Buffalo: Amulefi Publishing Company, 1980). Edited by Arthur Phillips, (London: Oxford University Press, 1953) p.1, 10 Stuart Queen, Robert W. Habenstein, and John B. Adams, The Polygynous Baganda Family, in The Family in Various Cultures. iii. d. If it is a man, the wife is supposed to stay around the corpse among them show clearly she would miss the husband. Reviews the biological and sociological constants of kinship; Previews the topicsto be covered in marriage, family and larger kinship units. - The children born after his death were still referred to as his. - Sometimes the orphans and widows have their property destroyed or snatched. Kinship connections are in turn based on two categories of bonds: those created by marriage and those that result from descent , which is socially recognized links between ancestors and descendants. 1 Lucy P. Mair, African Marriage and Social Change, in Survey of African Marriage and Family Life, Edited by Arthur Phillips, (London: Oxford University Press, 1953) pp.1 177. Priests/prophets v. Blacksmiths The religious specialists acquire their skills through:- i. Inheritance from a relative ii. It is feared and marked with a lot of sorrow. 4. People nowadays try to show their loyalty to state and not the society. (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1956, 1966, 1971). As such children at an early age learn that their father has little authority or responsibility for them. Overall, there are two forms of social groups that from the basis of Bemba marriage and traditional family. Barnes, Marriage in a Changing Society: a Study in Structural Change among the Fort Jameson Ngoni, The Rhodes-Livingstone Papers, (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1951, 1970). Impact of Modernism on Family. - Life also progress from one stage to another. However, both the organization of the family unit, marriage, decent systems and the structure of kinship relations vary from society to society and through time (Ingiabuna et al. Today choosing of a marriage partner is individualized and the parents do nowadays not choose the marriage partner. Edited by G.A. This review finds that parental care remains the best care setting and should be highly encouraged within African society. traditional agricultural systems of production and the increasing ownership of land by women, as well as education and access to contraceptives have reduced the demand for large families. They do not have good food or accommodation. The Plan of Action also asserts that "for the full and harmonious development of their personality, children should grow up in a famil environmenty in a,n atmosphere of happiness lov, ane d understanding". factors. ii. These could be through words or deeds. Such occasions include beer drinking, wrestling, playing football, singing and dancing etc. 4. There is no proper dosage of the herbs. Opiyo and Odongo among the Luo. First, two animal totems from one of which the clan derives its name. Lastly, this author will argue that the Eurocentric nature of the descriptions and characterization of the traditional African family patterns by earlier scholars has tended to distort and obscure many of the strengths of the African traditional family. The Family; Its Structures and Functions. Many wives 3. But however, after a few years of contact with white civilization and subsequent social change, the custom has gradually changed. Through this, they believed they could receive blessings. Angering the living dead and the spirits e.g. They are those who do not believe in traditional medicine. Power and authority in matrilineal societies ultimately lies in the woman and her brother. To give the mother time to heal. 6. There are three main types of kinship: lineal, collateral, and affinal. - Alcoholism. Some names are given in the remembrance of the departed relatives. Some are circumcised when they are still infants. The attitude of the parents towards the sex of the child is also changing. Importance of marriage - Marriage is for the continuity of the society and is an institution that is ordained by God. Once the negotiations are over then dowry payment would begin. CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN AFRICAN UNDERSTANDING Today many people talk of the way things were sometimes back many factors have affected the African culture. in some communities it is thrown to uncultivated land to show fertility. During seclusion there is sex education, which is meant for girls and boys for marriage. This paper aims at tackling the change in the anthropological view of marriage and kinship ties in the society. vi. They can also reveal-hidden information e.g. A clan is made up of a family who either are related by blood and marriage. 10. Today many people do not believe in rainmakers. They include: i. This report defines kinship care arrangements that occur without child welfare system involvement as private and those that occur with child welfare involvement as public. They can foretell the future e.g. It shows an act of bravery and hardship one I s to meet in life. 4. The author describes the interaction between the Baganda mother and her baby as unfavorable and lacking any affection or love. The government has also set up insurance and pension schemes to enable people who are employed continue to get a decent life after retirement e.g. vii. - This special treatment starts before and continues after childbirth. The permissive society has also encouraged trial marriages. iv. - Some widows and children are not accepted or welcomed in their new homes. 6. However dowry payment has been hindered by several factors today e.g. Mothers and children would die at childbirth to cases where there is no skilled mid-wife. 6. 4. - Through marriage, the living dead and those yet to be born are brought together. - Some people acquire wealth through dishonest means e.g. T/F: Through slavery, forced separation of spouses, siblings, and parents from children led to a more expansive definition of kinship, and thus an extended family model took root. bribery, robbery and stealing. In some communities the choice is made by the parents. - They suffer from psychological and emotional problems - Sometimes widows face lack of essentials such as food. Death -The rites or ceremonies conducted on such occasions differ from one community to another. Property could be owned by community, individuals or families. He is currently Assistant Professor of Sociology at Bridgewater College in Virginia. In the late and early 19th century, a detailed study conducted among the Baganda found that, Polygyny, the type of marriage in which the husband has plural wives, is not only the preferred but the dominant form of marriage for the Baganda.8 Commoners had two or three, chiefs had dozens, and the Kings had hundreds of wives. INITIATION - This is the second major important stage in ones life. Good, Changing Family Patterns: Sub-Saharan Africa, in World Revolution and Family Patterns. iv. 3. Leisure Activities: This is the time that one has at his disposal. There are physical (visible) causes of death and religious (invisible) causes. 8. This means that they are looking for death to kill it. Because of this, extended families among the Bemba are not really as large as those found, especially among patriarchal polygynous traditional families in other tribes be it in Southern, Eastern, or West Africa.28 Polygamy is relatively speaking uncommon in this area and the institution is not an essential part of the Bemba family and economic life as it is among so many Bantu peoples.29, The Bembas kinship is based on descent in the matrilineal line. 16. - Wealth is no longer determined in terms of the number of wives or children. 5) Modern science and technology also discourage people from believing mysterical powers. In fact Chondoka finds the use of the terms dowry, bride price to refer to particularly traditional Zambian marriages to be serious misnomers introduced by European missionaries and colonialists in Africa. Are made up of smaller units called clan. It was used to bury the dead, the spirits were believed to dwell on land or below the ground. 7. Rituals associated with death vary from one community to another. 2. 9 J.A. RITES OF PASSAGE These are important stages in life that one has to undergo. 42 Yizenge A. Chondoka, Traditional Marriages in Zambia: A Study in Cultural History. - Marriage extended relationship and therefore enlarged kinship ties. if a person may not have been buried properly. 3. 5. - Marriage also unites the living and the dead. - It also regulates marriage relations, before marriage one has to find the back ground of the other. - Protection charms are tied around the neck or the waist of the child. Through supernatural powers iii. Mbiri Ya Achewa, 195? ii. Before initiation one is not fully considered belonging to the community. There are two main types of leisure: (1) Passive leisure: This is where there is minimal use of physical energy. 8. For example, in debt and marriage obligations. Hotel Hope Ministries is a fully registered South African non-profit organisation established with aim of ensuring that each and every child is brought up in a safe, happy and healthy home so that they can grow up and develop into responsible and positive adults. 12 Stuart Queen, Robert W. Havenstein, and John B. Adams, The Polygynous Baganda Family, in The Family in Various Cultures. .The eldest son cannot inherit.15, The Baganda practice the levirate custom. In a more obvious way, this Eurocentrism36 did not treat polygamy, the African marriages and the extended family and any others of its eccentricities (regarded as such because they were different from European customs) as social phenomena that was legitimate and workable in its own African social circumstances and environment. The degree of which witchcraft as a cause of death is emphasized varies from one community to another. White, C.M.N., Tradition and Change in Luvale Marriage, The Rhodes-Livingstone Papers, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1962, 1969. - Marriage enables one to assume leadership rules an unmarried person would not be chosen a leader. Kinship refers to relationship between people through blood, marriage or adoption. All rights reserved. These rules would differ from one community to another. I. - Life is also considered to be more precious and highly valued. Stephens, William N., The Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective, New York: University Press of America, 1982. 2. v. Marking of the body (scarification) - During initiation, the initiates are removed from the rest of the community. - Wife inheritance ensured that the late mans family would not suffer. They could also clean newly born baby. Importance of seclusion period 1. The common descriptions of the African traditional family in the literature is Eurocentric and biased. The kinship systems govern care,. LeVine40 described some of the customs and patterns that surround interaction in the traditional African family as institutionalized restrictions, segregated patterns, and avoidance patterns. There are meteorologists who predict the weather conditions. - Gambling. The gift replaces her reminding the family that she has left her people yet she is not dead. iv. - It causes physical injury to the victim. Responsibility of elders: - They help in the settlement of disputes. In western European societies Jack Goode finds that world revolution has contributed for the transformation of . Payment of dowry shows how the bridegroom values the wife. Children among the matrilineal peoples are brought up in a similar traditional extended family village social environment. pp. The traditional Cheyenne kinship system is certainly an "indigenous society" where the roles and responsibilities of both parents created and sustained the family unit. But rather as curiosities that were to succumb to the superior European monogamous marriage values legitimated by Christianity. 4. It has been widely documented, particularly in Western cultural settings, that women prefer to compete less than men. Land was owned by the community. society. 7. Land Ownership: It is no longer communal affair but a private affair. In traditional African society this entails a bride-exchange in form of cattle, services, foodstuffs, family ties, or other expressions of the marriage contract. Depending on the region and the people, these. The youth are believed to be free with them. 2. Furthermore, the woman will bear children and thus enrich her husband and the wider circle of relatives from both sides. - Religious organizations assist widows to start income generating projects. BIRTH Pregnancy - This is the first stage in the life of a person. 2. Edited by Arthur Phillips, London: Oxford University Press, 1953. However the mode of dressing has seriously changed due to western influence. fellow Christians. Aboriginal kinship ties, values, beliefs, identity and language are maintained by the family. Girls at an early age are taught a wide range of household and agricultural duties including cooking, cultivation and tending children. OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY AND WEALTH In the traditional African community anything that was owned is referred to as part of property or wealth. Importance of Initiation i. 29 Audrey I. Richards, Bemba Marriage and Present Economic Conditions, The Rhodes-Livingstone Papers, (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1969) p.30. 5. 3. Everybody in the community is expected to work hard. v. They are also consulted in terms of crisis e.g. 4. vi. 7. Changing attitudes towards marriage 1. 7. Divorce and separation are discouraged. Because of this wide spectrum, it is not possible to explore all aspects of the traditional African family. - Misuse of sex. At times girls could be given to repay debts. Modern education and western culture has affected dowry payment in that many educated attach little value to dowry payment. They would only speak through intermediaries. 4. Diseases such as epidemics would kill people. Dr. Mwizenge S. Tembo 3. The naming ceremony is very important early in the childs life. First, the strengths, durability, and resilience of the African traditional family were never dwelt on explicitly and at length. Bride wealth has lost its original meaning and has been commercialized. While the basic functions of the family remain the same all over the world, traditional African families have undergone significant transformations attributed to an interplay of factors, including Christianity, industrialization, educational expansion, population growth, monetization of the economy, migration, civilization, and now globalization. Polygyny though set the tone and often determined the strength of the society and pattern of social organization of the traditional African family. Western Culture: Has provided the spirit of individualization. There are societies where prayers are made to the mother and the child. These primary ties, as we may call them,4 are biologically the same in all societies,5 though, functionally, they may differ from culture to culture.6 But kinship ties do not rest within the reproductive family. As Eaton et al (2003) found in South Africa, for young people struggling for daily survival, protection from possible future illness may be a lower priority than meeting immediate economic needs. Main factors which affect social change can be discussed a follows: 1. Strong religious beliefs helped bind the members of society together and inspire a sense of unity. - The girls would take back the sheet with a lot of ululation and rejoicing and one girl would remain behind to study the character of the man. 5. The continued, persistent and wide use of the term bride price to describe the valuables that were often given to the brides parents before marriage was legitimated is one excellent example of evaluating and perceiving a custom from a biased Eurocentric perspective. They are people who claim a common ancestry and are related by blood. East Lansing, Michigan State University, 1980, Unpublished M. A. Thesis. Schapera, Isaac., Married Life in an African Tribe. 8. -Close and supportive extended-family relationships -Strong kinship ties with non blood relatives from church or organizational and social groups -Family unity, loyalty, and cooperation are important -Usually matriarchal African American Folk and Traditional Healthcare: By combining the patrilocal rule of residence with consanguinal descent, the Baganda have built a formidable system of clans.13, Among the Baganda, the clan has remained the most important kinship entity. Primary kinship refers to direct relations. Importance of Kinship System and Ties. It must be emphasized, however, that these were traditional patterns as far back as late 1800s up to as late as 1960s. 3. 7. 5. Some of the major issues raised will include polygamy, tribe, clan, the extended family, bride price and the raising of children. (New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1961) p.68, 23 Lucy P. Mair, African Marriage and Social Change, in Survey of African Marriage and Family Life. They also play the role of priests and pray for people. Christianity and Islam were able to absorb many African religions because of each religion believed in a single supreme being that was the creator and ruler of the universe. They affect all aspects of Africa, including care, marriages, and social status, since kinship controls people's relationships, moral values, and attitudes. 8. The birth of a child is no longer a communal affair but a family affair. Factors contributing to harmony and mutual responsibility in African communities. - Marriage brought unity in the society. Politics: New political systems and forms of government have changed the traditional community. vi. - Marriage ensures that children are not born outside wedlock. among the Luos the man is buried at the right and woman is buried the left. A total of 68 linguistic terms of relationships are used by the Baganda.12, The Baganda have a very important aspect of the social or family structure; the consanguinal kin group or blood line which is a line of descent traced through the male members of the family or patri-sib. The mother may hug or caress the child and comfort it when hurt or in distress. Bantu migrations also helped to spread agriculture and herding to all parts of Africa. Current notions of kinship still owe a great deal to ideas about the physiological connections between kin. Urbanization: Those who move away from home to towns in search of Jobs are drawn from their ancestral homes. The paternal grandmothers drop the cords into a can, which contains beer, milk, and water. Establishing that traditional Kenyan culture and custom was supportive of high fertility in no way establishes how strongly held are these practices today or how quickly they may change as the socioeconomic basis of the real day-to-day society changes. ix. Living with new parents means no particular change in status; the biological parents do not forget their off spring and are always present for any ceremonies involving their children.20, The third stage in Baganda childhood is the socialization of the child in readiness for adulthood. The paternal grandfather recites many names of the clans dead ancestors. Factors contributing to harmony and Mutual Responsibility in African Traditional Societies In traditional African Society, every individual is related to all. They are made aware of their responsibilities in adulthood. (Ndola: Mission Press, 1988), 44 Thomas Price, A Short English-Nyanja Vocaublary, (Lusaka: National Educational Company of Zambia, and Kenneth Kaunda Foundation, 1970). - It was a common belief that a woman belonged to the whole community. Marriage involves much more than just the bride.37, This author would further argue that among the African people that are conductors, participants, and are actors in these marriages, the concept buy, purchase a wife or bride does not exist. Women were not allowed to own property. But it makes it difficult to keep track of our kin. Magic, sorcery and witchcraft. 11 This study was conducted in the late 1800s when inter-tribal warfare and capturing of slaves from the wars was still very common. They face challenges from medical practitioners who argue that they should go for formal training. 2. The contention that questions the existence of African traditional society and culture has been clearly beyond reasonable doubt asserted to agreement however there are presences of constraints towards the flourishing of these societies as, Internal factors which include; Lack of unity among members of the society, differentiation of ideologies . This is meant to send it clean into the world of the living dead. Asante, Molefi Kete., Afrocentricity; The Theory of Social Change, Buffalo: Amulefi Publishing Company, 1980. - The placenta is disposed of ceremoniously e.g. In the traditional African Community, marriage was considered incomplete without children. For this reason, the paper serves only as an introduction to the application of Christian 4. Meanwhile, the husband works under his father-in-laws orders with other young son-in-laws.26 A matrilocal family of this kind forms the nucleus of a village community (umushi) which other relatives of the head of the family afterwards join.27, Polygamy or polygyny, which is a distinguishing feature in many traditional African families especially is patrilineal and patriarchal societies, is uncommon among the matrilineal Bemba. This ensured that nobody remained landless. To give the mother time to recover the lost energy. Pregnant women are not allowed to handle certain types of tools. A curse by a senior relative. The anthropology of the Caribbean has been called "the battle ground for competing. a person born during locusts invasion can be called Adede among the luo. There is a lot of secrecy surrounding the knowledge of herbs. - In some communities e.g. - Courage. Severing the ties of kinship is among the body sins and it is among the major sins. The size of the clan could differ from one to the other. The land belonged to the whole community. 2 Traditional foster care arrangements are referred to as non-kin foster care. Natural Factors: ADVERTISEMENTS: Natural forces and factors play an important role in unifying or disintegrating the society. Traditional African society. (New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1961) p.68. They are taught about morals of the society. Box 169 Importance of courtship 1. (Eds.) Communal worship prayers are offered to God to thank Him for whatever he has done. LeVine, R.A., Patterns of Personality in Africa, in Responses to Change: Society, Culture and Personality. - Some pieces of land are being regarded as public land. Many people today acquire Christian names. iii. 1. iii. The mother and the child is no longer secluded. Ngulube, Naboth M. J., Some Aspects of Growing Up in Zambia, Lusaka: Nalinga Consultancy/Sol-Consult A/S Limited, 1989. Although among the Baganda, the nuclear family of the mother, father, and their children constitutes the smallest unit of the Baganda kinship system, the traditional family consists of several nuclear units held in association by a common father.9 Because the Baganda people are patrilineal, the household family also includes other relatives of the father such as younger unmarried or widowed sisters, aged parents, and children of the fathers clan sent to be brought up by him. 5. The midwife also monitors the development of the foetus. Importance of kinship ties to TAS Seclusion nowadays is not very possible because of limited time. the Agikuyu the ancestors are Mumbi and Gikuyu were created by Ngai. ii. IV, pp.66-87. Marriage is no longer a must and many people decide not to marry. People of the same age set consider themselves as brothers and sisters. That was owned is referred to as non-kin foster care Michigan state University, 1980, Unpublished M. Thesis. 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