De Facto Families and De Jure Households in Ondo1
- 1 February 1971
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in American Anthropologist
- Vol. 73 (1) , 223-241
- https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1971.73.1.02a00160
Abstract
In the Yoruba kingdom of Ondo,2 households are conceptualized as special social units, and they form distinct social groupings. In contrast, families are given only a limited recognition, at best and they form distinct social groups only in limited contexts. Comparable situations are readily found in the ethnographic literature.Keywords
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