Governments and religious institutions regulate marriage. Such regulations are heavily laden with specific moral ideas and cultural taboos. There are heated debates around what counts as “proper” ...

This is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Farai Chideya. Today, a special roundtable discussion on the state of black marriage in 2006. But first, back to 1965. A report called Black Families in Crisis, written by ...

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies reports that by age 30, only half of African-American Women are likely to tie the knot. These numbers pale in comparison to other groups. Ed Gordon ...

Marriage in west Africa has played a central role in shaping aspects of society, and has evolved over time. While traditional heterosexual unions dominate discussions, a lesser-known but significant ...

DAKAR, Senegal – Sitting on the floor and dressed in black, the 15-year-old held her baby as panicked tears welled in her eyes. Her husband, two decades her senior, could kill her if he found out she ...

President Obama’s self-described “evolution” on same-sex marriage — from opponent to proponent — appears to be catalyzing a similar shift among some of his most loyal supporters, African-Americans.

Modernisation is causing the extinction of African culture. Perhaps our forefathers were correct in being wary of the snaking rail that opened up Africa's interior to the Western world. Only a few ...

“I’ve never experienced happiness in my marriage. I’ve never seen the benefit of being married,” Chimwemwe told me when I interviewed her in a small village in rural Malawi. Chimwemwe was just ...

The United Methodist Church has overwhelmingly given its stamp of approval to same-sex marriages. The 523-161 vote to make the change came last week, according to WTVD. Several delegates opposed the ...

IN A dusty village in southern Niger, Fatia holds her daughter close to her breast, smiling, though the baby looks much too large for her. Four years ago she married at the age of 16, she reckons, but ...