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Aspects of Continuity and Change in Mate-Selection Among the Igbo West of the River Niger

Using participant observation and the results of an interview of 250 women repeated in two other [Nigerian] surveys the attitudes of Western Igbo women to the variables parental and self-selection of mates arranged marriages the payment of bridewealth polygyny woman to woman marriage levirate marriage father to daughter marriage (Idegbe) pre-marital chastity and the influence of religion education and age on these variables are explored. It is found that certain aspects of the Western Igbo marriage system and practice have been modified by Western practice while others are now disapproved of a…