Age-Grade Societies
Age-based groupings create bonds beyond family and teach responsibilities appropriate to each life stage. Each age has its duties and privileges.
Age-based groupings create bonds beyond family and teach responsibilities appropriate to each life stage. Each age has its duties and privileges.
With each age comes new responsibility. The youth learn from elders; elders depend on youth. All have their place.
African Social Organization
Written about in
- What African traditions say about elders and ancestors
People move through life in age bands, each with its own duties and privileges. It creates strong bonds outside the family and makes the obligations of each stage explicit.