The Kanuri people are the dominant ethnic group of Borno State in Nigeria’s northeast. Historically,they are a distinct political entity stretching over 1,100 years and have been an Islamic Emirate. Every memorable human act is not without a reason and the Kanuri traditional marriage is not an exception. Dr. Bulama Mali Gubio, a custodian of Kanuri traditional heritage sums it thus: “we marry to enhance our race, sustain mental peace, love and affection and promote unity among extended families, because our culture abhors immorality, especially among the female. And all these aim at fulfilling Islamic obligations of keeping faith and sustaining legal family system towards ensuring "chastity and promoting moral excellence.”
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