Marriage and Customary Law in Namibia

18 August African customary law Becker bride service bride's parents Caprivi Caprivian CASS civil law marriages clan community of property consent contract couple court customary law marriages customary marriage customary union Dannert divorce father Gciriku gender Gibson/Larson/McGurk 1981 guardianship Herero Herero society Hinz inheritance instance Katima Mulilo Katutura Kavango communities Kavango regions kinship system Kwambi Kwangali Kwanyama land law reform legal consequences lineage living lobolo male marital power Marriage Act marriage consideration marriage in community marriage in terms marriage laws matrilineal communities matrimonial property regimes Mbalantu Mbukushu mimeo mother Namibia Native Administration Proclamation Ndonga Okakarara Oshikuku otjitunia Owambo and Kavango Owambo communities ownership Pendleton 1994 person polygynous polygynous marriage Pretorius 1975 Radcliffe-Brown 1950 regard relationship residence patterns Sambyu social South African spouses status terms of civil terms of customary traditionally Transkei Tuupainen 1970 unilineal unilineal descent wife's Windhoek woman Yeyi Zimbabwe