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Divorce is as common in Niger as in Norway

Ketil Fred Hansen
Review written by Ketil Fred Hansen
The conjugal ruptures in Muslim sub-Saharan Africa
Forfatter: Alhassane A. Najoum
Forlag: L’Harmattan, (Frankrike)
COMMUNITY BREACH / It is expensive to get married in Niger even though the bride price varies, and in the event of divorce, women are obliged to pay back the bride price.




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Ketil Fred Hansen
Ketil Fred Hansen
Hansen is a professor of social sciences at UiS and a regular reviewer at Ny Tid.

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