In Musoma region in Tanzania, a woman who has wealth (=cattle) but no husband or son who can look after her as she grows old, can take one or several young women as wives. Such a family is called "nyumba ntobhu". These women will have lovers and give birth to sons, who will not belong to the biological father but to the woman who paid the cattle to their fathers weeding.
This film is part of a series of six documentaries produced by young women around Lake Victoria in East Africa in 2004.
Swahili language with English subtitles.
This film is part of a series of six documentaries produced by young women around Lake Victoria in East Africa in 2004.
Swahili language with English subtitles.
video phone Nyumba Ntobhu | |
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