"This man is my wife": the same-sex marriage prohibition act of 2014 in Nigeria
The increased visibility of same-sex relationships and the call for same-sex marriages have been particular challenges to the traditional marriage system in Africa in the contemporary period. While some critics have argued, erroneously, that same-sex relationships were completely unknown to the Afri...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
April 2021
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Journal of law and religion
Jahr: 2021, Band: 36, Heft: 1, Seiten: 92-104 |
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B Menschenrecht B Ehe B Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act B Same-sex marriage B Homosexual B Afrika B Minderheitenrecht B Rechtsstellung B Homosexualität B Human Rights B Gesetz B Nigeria B Kriminalisierung B Gruppe B Gesetzgebung |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The increased visibility of same-sex relationships and the call for same-sex marriages have been particular challenges to the traditional marriage system in Africa in the contemporary period. While some critics have argued, erroneously, that same-sex relationships were completely unknown to the African continent until the advent of Western modernity, others have suggested that the practices speak to a greater malaise confronting African societies. Nigeria is not an exception in this case. In light of these trends, this article examines the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, which was promulgated by the Nigerian government in 2014 and has since led to infractions upon the human rights of citizens in same-sex relationships. The article examines these developments around same-sex relationships in the context of wider social and economic challenges to the traditional marriage institution in Nigeria. |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturhinweise |
| ISSN: | 2163-3088 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/jlr.2020.53 |