Wolof People: Marriage Traditions, Divorce and Culture
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October 20, 2019
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The Wolof
people are found in North Eastern part of Senegal, Mauritania, and Gambia. The
Wolof people are the largest ethnic grouping in Senegal (35% of the Senegalese
populace) and in Gambia they are about 12% of the Gambian populace. The Wolof
as a people are largely Muslim and they practice Islam as religion.
To form a stronger and stable family unit, the Wolof people believed that cross-cousin marriage (young man marrying a maternal uncle’s daughter) was the best form of marriage – they are matrilineal in nature. This favors the idea that such measures provided the best and most stable marriages.
To form a stronger and stable family unit, the Wolof people believed that cross-cousin marriage (young man marrying a maternal uncle’s daughter) was the best form of marriage – they are matrilineal in nature. This favors the idea that such measures provided the best and most stable marriages.