INJUSTICE IN AFRICAN TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES

Women were taken as sex objects they were used to satisfy men sexual desires against their wish .e.g. among the Bahima a wife in a home given a loved visitor to entertain him sexually and it was called “okwarirana “and it was a sign of hospitality.
In African traditional society, Women were used as beasts of burden where they did most of the work .e.g. among the Bakiga most of the men took local brew {“omuramba”}.
In African traditional society, girls were forced into marriage which was against their choice and a time the men were old which denied them enjoyment in marriage.
In African traditional society, widows were inherited by the brother of the deceased who was against their will. Could be they wanted to get another man.
In African traditional society, Women and girl were denied a chance to inherit proper at home because they were to go away and got married which violated their right of inheriting their parents’ property.
In African traditional society, human sacrifices were carried out same children were sacrificed with a belief that their blood to save their society from bad events such as death. This violated their right to life.

In African traditional society, children's views were ignored and were denied a chance to advise or question the elder's authority will denied them freedom of expression .e.g. among the Baganda a child who questioned the father would be chased away from the family they were considered to be undisciplined.
In African traditional society, there was class discrimination they had the royals and the non royal classes and the royal class exploited the non-royal class by overworking them since they were their subjects. This made them tired.
In African traditional society, women were denied a chance of eating certain types of food this denied them proper health because of the absence of some food.e.g. In Buganda women were denied chicken eggs, and grasshoppers for fear that they would make them barren.
In African traditional society, girl were subjected to female genital mutilation which was to reduce their sexual desire because they were denied sexual enjoyment .e.g. among the Nandi of Kenya the clitoris was cut in order to proper her for marriage and reduce her sexual argue.

In African traditional society, twins were taken as a bad omen and they would be killed which denied from a chance to live .e.g. among the Ibe of southern Nigeria twins were taken to the evil forest where they were killed from.
Traditional Africans migrated the minority group of strangers these people were not allowed to own land and intermarriage with the majority this limited their freedom.