The Extended Family
In African tradition, family extends far beyond nuclear boundaries. Aunts, uncles, cousins, and community elders all share parenting and support roles.
In African tradition, family extends far beyond nuclear boundaries. Aunts, uncles, cousins, and community elders all share parenting and support roles.
It takes a village to raise a child. Every elder is a parent; every child belongs to all.
African Family Structure
Written about in
- What Ubuntu means: I am because we are
Family stretches well beyond parents and children to aunts, uncles, cousins and community elders, all of whom share the raising and supporting. Very few responsibilities are left to two adults alone.