Almost all African marriages include dowry or bride's price or "lobolo" or "bohadi". A young man would not feel good if he is not required to give "lobolo" or "bohadi", The amount of money or property or number of cows varies from one family to another and from one tribe to another. A young man pays "lobolo" according to the standards and status of that family or tribe. When the two negotiating teams have finished their job, which might involve two to three visits depending on whether they do not reach a deadlock, a date for sealing a covenant or relationship between two families would be arranged. Read more...

Emeka Esogbue asked: The journey to Ikere-Ekiti also called Ikerre a small hilly town in Ekiti State, South-west of Nigeria with a population 59,257 (1991 census) from Lagos can be difficult yet exciting. Difficult because of the hold-up one obviously cannot avoid inside Ibadan and exciting because of the good road which leads to the town. Our mission to this little town with lots of beautiful hills to behold was to attend an introduction ceremony. Our man from Etinan was seeking the hand of a beautiful Yoruba lady and this landed us to this little town of Ekiti people. Our arrival to this town Read more...

Bob Miles asked: 1. Russia is more economically advanced than a lot of the third world countries where women seek overseas husbands. Many Russian women are already educated and successful, and thus they may not be seeking to immigrate for financial reasons. Thus, the thinking goes, their motivations are pure and they're not so likely to leave you alone, confused and crying in the airport.2. Word has it that men who seek mail order brides find Russian women more feminine than Western women. To hear them tell it, Russian women are more attractive than Western women. How much of this perception is Read more...

charli jhonson asked: In recent years, there have been hundreds of foreign women marrying American men. The Internet has been one of the major sources behind this idea and is playing a big role in how men and women meet. There are hundreds of websites dedicated to providing online dating features and making it possible to contact a woman outside the man’s country. According to a survey conducted by the American bride agencies, there are more than 150,000 women married to American men each year. Their marriage success ratios are very high; only 4 percent of these women get divorced. There are Read more...

Bob Miles asked: Disclaimer: This article contains general observations about US visa applications for of overseas brides, and is not intended to be taken as legal advice. Be aware as well that US immigration law changes quite frequently. Seek the advice of an immigration attorney before applying for a US visa process on behalf of an overseas bride.Please don't kill the messenger, but I have some bad news - the term "mail order bride" is not meant to be taken literally - she cannot actually be mailed to you J. Once you find an overseas bride, you will need to help her get a US visa. As your wife Read more...

Rafi Michael asked: The Luo is a tribe found on the Lake Victoria basin in the East African country of Kenya. Currently, they constitute the third largest tribe in Kenya, accounting for about 13% or 3 million of the country's population. Some of them have moved to the neighboring countries of Tanzania and Uganda. Unlike in Canadian cities like Toronto where weddings are colorful with many wedding photos, culture permeates Luo wedding activities for this tribe. From birth to death, traditions and culture dictate the society. Recently however, this cultural fabric is disintegrating and many traditions Read more...

Marriage is a life time commitment between two people but many people these days do not get married because they want to stay married, but because they just want to be known as they were ones married.In Africa today especially Nigeria, Nigeria is a country were certain laws and human rights are not practiced and enforced, which in two ways benefits the citizens positively and negatively, the following are reason’s African marriages last longer than other continent.1)      When an African man gets married to a woman he doesn’t just married only the bride but her entire family.2)      Read more...

Several of our authors including Prof Buchi Emecheta have centered their works on the Bride-price in Africa but only few have been in fervent advocacy for considerations literarily intervening to bring down costly requests usually put up by our elders in demand for bride-price and dowries. African writers and all friends of the continent who wish us well should openly speak against incessant and unreasonable demand for money which we term bride-price. We often neglect this aspect of our social life, which has become terribly demanding on us, and continues to waste the lives of our daughters who Read more...