marriage according to the various types of customary ... marriage list. Once you successfully go through a marriage under custom, you are married and not engaged. *Barrister-at-law (Ghana ...

The debt of a woman married under the Customary Law Marriage is the responsibility of her husband, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, has said.

Manya-Kpongunor (E/R), March 26, GNA – Traditional marriage in Ghana, like in many parts of ... followed by the groom’s family obtaining a marriage list from the bride’s family.

The Reverend Alice Blunya Ankutse, the Ho Fiave Parish Pastor of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, Saturday said customary marriage is the bedrock of all marriages and must be revered.

The group stated that child marriage is offensive to the provisions of the 1992 constitution and the Children’s Act of Ghana. “Whatever justification for the customary practice for child ...

There was public outrage after footage of Saturday's customary ... defended the marriage, saying it was only ceremonial. The legal minimum age to get married in Ghana is 18. The prevalence of ...

An influential traditional priest aged 63 has sparked an outrage in Ghana by marrying ... to respond to the controversial marriage. Ghanaian law recognises customary marriages, but does not ...

Marriage is an institution ... groom usually asks for a list from the bride’s family. Although bride price lists may vary among families and ethnic groups in Ghana, most lists include items ...