Ch.+18+Kinship;+masculinity,+feminity

= = KINSHIP, MASCULINITY/FEMININITY Courtney Schiff **The majority of ﻿Nigerian families **  **are very large compared to ** **a Western culture's family. **

**Polygamous family is made up** **of a man, his wives and all of** **their children.**

= =  plots are allocated to the women individually. Each **woman** plantsother crops in the spaces between the yams and also  on the slopes of hills..." (Kinship-Igbo)
 * = **Polygamy is common within Nigerian families ** =
 * Successful men will marry as many wives as he can support.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Each mother is responsible for feeding and caring for her own children.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The wives also take turns caring for the husband and sharing the costs for food.
 * ****<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">Men ****
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The authority of the households.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Fathers mainly attend to the larger crops.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Older boys help their fathers with their work.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">After the father dies, property and wealth is passed on to the sons of the family.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">"**Men** clear the bush and plant the //yams// with the //help// of the **women** and the **children**. Following the planting of yams,


 * ****<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">Women ****
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">Jobs include: tending to family, gerdening, processing palm oil, and selling vegetables at a local market.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">Women's crafts include: pottery making, spinning, weaving, basketry, and glass plaiting
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">Girls will help their mothers.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">Women are responsible for providing for themselves as well as their children.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">Women's crafts include: pottery making, spinning, weaving, basketry, and glass plaiting


 * ==<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">In all of the Igbo groups, the mother's people remain important to the family throughout life. ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">Respect is given to males and to the older members of the tribes ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">Children are always required to offer the first greeting to their elders. ==

SOURCES: "Gender, Space and Power in the Indigenous Igbo Socio-political Organization." Welcome. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Nov. 2010. <http://www.medwelljournals.com/fulltext/?doi=pjssci.2010.177.186>.

"Kinship - Igbo." Countries and Their Cultures. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Nov. 2010. [|htt][|p://www.everyculture.com/Africa-Middle-East/Igbo-][|Kinship.html#ixzz14JlRgQjw] >. Agbasiere, Joseph Thérèse, and Shirley Ardener. Women in Igbo life and thought. London: Routledge, 2000. Print. (Google Books)

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