Ethnology, Volume 40University of Pittsburgh, 2001 - Anthropology |
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... Igbo cosmological systems that stubbornly refuse to be displaced by Christian metaphors of multiples as gifts from God . Igbo - speaking people therefore continue to practice a form of twin ( or super - twin ) avoidance , albeit not as ...
... Igbo cosmological systems that stubbornly refuse to be displaced by Christian metaphors of multiples as gifts from God . Igbo - speaking people therefore continue to practice a form of twin ( or super - twin ) avoidance , albeit not as ...
Page 136
... Igbo couples from communities separated by tens and sometimes hundreds of miles decide to get married , their families find these proposed unions problematic . When two people from distant Igbo communities decide to marry , their ...
... Igbo couples from communities separated by tens and sometimes hundreds of miles decide to get married , their families find these proposed unions problematic . When two people from distant Igbo communities decide to marry , their ...
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... Igbo - speaking wife in 1989. Consequently , I was asking a lot of questions about the nature of Igbo marriage . 4 . Isiugo - Abanihe ( 1994 ) argues that high bridewealth in Igboland is driving many Igbos to marry outside their group ...
... Igbo - speaking wife in 1989. Consequently , I was asking a lot of questions about the nature of Igbo marriage . 4 . Isiugo - Abanihe ( 1994 ) argues that high bridewealth in Igboland is driving many Igbos to marry outside their group ...
Contents
Reviewing Twinship in Africa Elisha P Renne and Misty L Bastian | 1 |
Abominable Twins and Mission Culture | 13 |
The Ordinariness of the | 29 |
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