Fading
Preferred and discouraged partners
The record distinguishes unions that strengthen the system from unions that disorder it. Cross-cousin paths differ by subtribe: some favoured them to keep cattle from going away; Aakwanyama have been wary of cross-cousin marriage on the mother’s side.
- Who
- Families in negotiation
- When
- At betrothal
- Where
- Both houses
- Why
- Who you may marry is a map of the clan.
Why this is marked “fading”:
“In modern times, marriage among cross cousins is rare.”
Summarised from Professor Petrus Angula Mbenzi’s Kinship terms and customs and Clan System and Pre-marriage, marriage and post-marriage customs and rules.
This is a doorway, not the full account. The complete description stays with Professor Petrus Angula Mbenzi until he releases it. Read it in his books.