THE CHALLENGES OF WIDOWHOOD PRACTICES IN OGBARU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

Thus a widow is a woman who lost her husband to death. Generally, in Africa, being a widow is a daunting experience. The woman who lost her husband is meant to pass through many demeaning ordeals in the hands of the relatives, friends and family of the deceased. The widow is meant to observe most of the harmful traditional practices as obtained in her husband’s community or clan. In Ogbaru local government, though widows are not that badly treated in some notable communities, yet the remnants of some of this obnoxious cultural practices on widowhood is still prevalent. This study is necessary as it will bring to the knowledge of the general public the challenges that widows pass through in our environment because of some cultural practices which is due to be phased out in the present century.