CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2025
| Author | Mbugo, Isaac Waanzi Hillary |
|---|---|
| Title | Ruptures and Continuities of Value(s): The Case of Marriage Payment Among the Azande of South Sudan |
| Summary | Bridewealth, the popular tradition of marriage institution which has long been observed to contain a legal and compensation components of marriage transaction has adapted new components. Among the Azande, the development of fine and fees components started when marriage payment was changed from the ritual kawaja spears to state-issued money. Through multiple government regimes, the barimara brothers, brides and parents, the value of marriage payment has collectively been shaped to reflect the relevance of key modern social institution. Through a deep ethnographic description in chapter two, this thesis argues that changes in generational roles has placed the youth and educated brides as actors of marriage payment. This changes have placed the senior male members as negotiators and creator of traditions for money obtained through marriage transaction. In the last chapter, the study analyse the political and social economic that surrounds South Sudan, and the influence of humanitarian organisations on marriage and kinship institutions. |
| Supervisor | Dafinger, Andreas; Naumescu, Vlad |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2025/mbugo_isaac-waanzi.pdf |
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