Abstract
This paper examines changes in marriage practices of the Bafumbira, an ethnic group in Western Uganda. The paper uses data obtained from primary data that included focus group discussions (FGDs) in Kisoro District and Kampala City and compliments it with secondary data. It shows that some marriage practices threatened by modernization through formal education, migration and urbanization are still very relevant to the society. These include: “pulling”; parents’ involvement in choosing marriage partners; abstinence before marriage; using traditional items in payment of bride price and rare divorce rates. The paper also recommends that practices like early marriage and polygamy be discouraged. Key words: Bafumbira, urbanization, formal education, modernization, migration, marriage practices.
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INTRODUCTIONThe Bafumbira, one of the 56 tribes in Uganda are ethnically the same as the Banyarwanda of Rwanda
The Bafumbira, one of the 56 tribes in Uganda are ethnically the same as the Banyarwanda of Rwanda.They were selected to represent the western region because of their heavy concentrations in some parts of Kampala
The Bafumbira were sampled from Kamwokya parish, Central division and Kyebando parish in Kawempe division
Summary
The Bafumbira, one of the 56 tribes in Uganda are ethnically the same as the Banyarwanda of Rwanda They were selected to represent the western region because of their heavy concentrations in some parts of Kampala. The Bafumbira were sampled from Kamwokya parish, Central division and Kyebando parish in Kawempe division These are areas with heavy concentrations of Bafumbira who originate from Kisoro. Kisoro District is the indigenous district of the Bafumbira in Uganda It experiences a high rural–urban migration of males who leave the rural areas in search of jobs in urban areas resulting into a low sex ratio of 82:100 (number of males to 100 females). This is because urbanization emphasizes the economic aspects of marriage rather than the social ones
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