STATUS OF WOMEN IN AFRICAN TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES
Women were separated from their husbands they couldn't sit with their husbands while eating but instead sat with the Children bse eating together was a sign of equality. Forced marriage was carried out to the Women as parents wanted material things and neglected the girl or women's feelings Polygamy was allowed among the men which put women in a difficult situation as they were looked at as property of men and had to compete in order to win the mans love. The birth of a girl was taken to be normal while a boy created happiness and was accompained by a feast in the community Women were denied a chance of eating delicious food stuffs which denied them food values e.g in buganda Women were prohibited from eating chicken, grasshoppers that they would make them barren. Women were a source of entertainment to visitors. it was a hospitable gesture to give a wife to a male visitor for sex e.g among the Banyankole it was called okwarirana meaning laying a bed for one another. Women we...