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Konkomba Values That Support Girl-Child Betrothal

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  • Dominic Alimbey Dery (Phd)

    (Department of Languages and Liberal Studies, Tamale Technical University, Ghana)

  • Adam Bawa Yussif (Phd)

    (Department of Languages and Liberal Studies, Tamale Technical University, Ghana)

  • Alexander Bedekuru Nmaninyin

    (Mccoy College of Education, Ghana)

Abstract

The phenomenon of betrothal of the Konkomba girl-child and the resultant early marriage is a very serious cultural issue that the people of Saboba have to grapple with. For instance, records from the Saboba District Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) indicate that up to one hundred cases of girl-child betrothal were recorded between the years 2002 and 2005, and of this number, more than seventy percent are cases from Nalogni. These numbers exclude unreported cases. The case study approach was used for investigating the research problem. Purposive sampling was first used to identify the respondents, after which random sampling approach was used to select respondents for interviews to be administered. The sample size included seventy respondents (70), out of a total population of four hundred and thirty people, representing 16.2% of the entire population. Of the seventy (70) respondents, the breakdown was as follows; girls betrothed (15), girls not betrothed (15), mothers of girls betrothed (10), fathers of betrothed (10), mothers of girls not betrothed (6), fathers of girls not betrothed (6) and key persons (8). The study revealed the following; that the adherence to a number of Konkomba values accounted for the betrothal of the Komkomba girl-child. These included the following; maintenance of family ties, lineage, ensuring girls marry men of good character, solidification of marriage alliances, and the desire to choose the right partners for these girls.

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  • Dominic Alimbey Dery (Phd) & Adam Bawa Yussif (Phd) & Alexander Bedekuru Nmaninyin, 2019. "Konkomba Values That Support Girl-Child Betrothal," International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), vol. 3(11), pages 278-286, November.
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