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Goufdé
2021
To avoid the payment of exorbitant dowries, the Fula community allows a future bride to be abducted. But this tradition, known as "goufdé", has gradually developed into something more akin to a forced marriage. But how to call the practice into question, in a society that remains deeply conservative?
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To avoid the payment of exorbitant dowries, the Fula community allows a future bride to be abducted. But this tradition, known as "goufdé", has gradually developed into something more akin to a forced marriage. But how to call the practice into question, in a society that remains deeply conservative?
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