Abstract
Marriage, like in any other tradition, plays a vital role among the Hausa (Kabawa) and the Zarma communities. Marriage is one of the important agents of socialization and development of every community or nation at large. The word marriage means a bond or contract that legalizes the union of man and woman as wife and husband. In the two communities under study, marriage is considered as a cultural and religious obligation, as such, any man or woman who has no wife or husband is reluctantly accepted as a responsible member of the society. It is in view of the above, this paper wishes to comparatively study some aspects of the marriage culture in two different communities (Hausa and Zarma). As such the paper will focus its attention on the differences and similarities of some marriage cultures in the two communities.
Author: Rabiu Aliyu Rambo
