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(in southern Africa) an African custom by which a bridegroom's family makes a payment in cattle or cash to the bride's family shortly before the marriage

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No references found	Many Namibian women are brought up to accept and participate in harmful practices and rituals--such as lobola (bride price), repressive inheritance customs and forced marriages--which place women at high risk of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. Writing for our daughters: 'we are writing for our daughters, and to ... by Ikhaxas, Elizabeth / New Internationalist In January, newspapers were abuzz with news that Zuma had paid lobola -- a traditional gift of cattle, cash or other gifts to a fiancee's family -- to marry Durban socialite Thobeka Mabhija, with whom he is said to have two children. SAfrica wonders who is Zuma's first lady by AFP / AFP Global Edition [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The insights into customs that are of specific relevance for the role and status accorded to women--such as polygyny, lobola, and rules of inheritance--and which are still a living reality in many traditional communities in Namibia, provide the basis for legal and socio-economic consideration. Women and custom in Namibia: Cultural practice versus gender equality? by Sister Namibia	lobbying lobbyist lobe lobe length lobe penetration lobe switching lobe-half-power width lobectomy lobed arch lobed impeller meter lobefin lobefin fish Lobelia lobelia family Lobeline Lobengula Lobi lobing Lobito loblolly pine Lobnia Lobnoe Mesto Loboda, Grigorii Loboda, Petr Loboda, Petr Grigorevich lobola lobopodia Lobosia lobotomy Lobov, Semen Lobov, Semen Mikhailovich Lobov, Semen Semenovich Lobry de Bruyn-Ekenstein transformation Lobster lobster pot lobular pneumonia lobule Lobva LOC local local access local access carrier local action local address Local Air Defense local algebra local anaesthetic local anesthetic local angular momentum local apparent noon local apparent time	loblolly pine loblolly pine loblolly pines Loblolly tree LOBNAH LOBNH Lobnia Lobnoe Mesto Lobnor Lobnor Lobnoye Mesto Lobnya lobo lobo lobo Lobo De Crin Lobo De Crin Lobo guara Lobo guara Lobo's disease Lobo-guará Lobo-guará Loboa loboi Loboc Loboda, Grigorii Loboda, Petr Loboda, Petr Grigorevich Lobodon Lobodon carcinophaga Lobodon carcinophagus lobola Lobolo Lobolo Lobomycosis Lobopodia Lobopodia lobopodial lobopodium lobopodium lobos lobos Lobosa Lobosia Lobotes Lobotes Lobotes pacificus Lobotes surinamensis Lobotid Lobotid Lobotidae Lobotidae lobotomies lobotomies lobotomies lobotomisation lobotomise lobotomised lobotomises lobotomising lobotomization lobotomize

Many Namibian women are brought up to accept and participate in harmful practices and rituals--such as lobola (bride price), repressive inheritance customs and forced marriages--which place women at high risk of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV.

Writing for our daughters: 'we are writing for our daughters, and to ... by Ikhaxas, Elizabeth / New Internationalist

In January, newspapers were abuzz with news that Zuma had paid lobola -- a traditional gift of cattle, cash or other gifts to a fiancee's family -- to marry Durban socialite Thobeka Mabhija, with whom he is said to have two children.

SAfrica wonders who is Zuma's first lady by AFP / AFP Global Edition

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The insights into customs that are of specific relevance for the role and status accorded to women--such as polygyny, lobola, and rules of inheritance--and which are still a living reality in many traditional communities in Namibia, provide the basis for legal and socio-economic consideration.

Women and custom in Namibia: Cultural practice versus gender equality? by Sister Namibia

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