"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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Main Author: Oladosu-Uthman, Habibat (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press April 2021
In: Journal of law and religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 92-104
Further subjects:B Group
B Homosexuality
B Law
B Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act
B Criminalization
B Legislation
B Minority rights
B Same-sex marriage
B Africa
B Homosexual
B Prohibition
B Human rights
B Human Rights
B Nigeria
B Marriage
B Legal status
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Summary: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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ISSN:2163-3088
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/jlr.2020.53