Traditional Marriage Among Ibiaku Clan In Mkpat Enin Local Government Area Of Akwa Ibom State 1900-2000.

CHAPTER ONE 1.0                                 INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY             Marriage is an important institution worldwide particularly in Africa. For its importance, marriage has been categorized differently; we have the traditional marriage which takes into consideration customs and norms, followed by Islamic and Christian marriages which are often regarded as modern marriages. In this present dispensation the three marriages have borrowed a lot of things from one another that one hardly distinguished each one. Traditional marriage being the oldest though not abo…