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Some Customary Practices That Affect the Enjoyment of Fundamental Human Rights of Women in Nigeriahttp://hdl.handle.net/10485/3722010-02-19T14:00:50Z2010-02-19T14:00:50Z2002Aduba, Nnamdi J.Published by Faculty of Law, University of josThis chapter is part of a larger work which was conducted by the writer and others.1 It covers mainly the Ibos, the Tivs, the Idoma and Beroms of Nigeria. The growing interest in human rights especially as it is affected by our customary practices has made the extraction vi this part of our work very attractive. This work will be divided into eight unequal parts. The nature, history of fundamental human rights has been dealt with in detail in earlier works, so attempt will not be made to repeat them Here.2 What is intended here is to offer various definitions of customary law and then examine customary practices like, the payment of bride price, 'marriage by capture, elopement, child marriage, the practice of divorce under customary law, widowhood practices, eating habits, property rights, wife inheritance, female circumcision (genital mutilation) and violence against women (wife beating) and how they affect the enjoyment of the fundamental human rights of women. Conclusions and recommendations will be made thereafter. In Eshugbayi Eleko V The Government of Nigeria, customary law was referred to as unwritten customs and traditions, which have been accepted as obligatory by members of a community.Faculty of Law, University of josLawenFaculty of Law, University of JosVolume 2Articlehttp://dspace.unijos.edu.ng/oai/requestoai:dspace.unijos.edu.ng:10485/3722010-04-26T11:58:15Zhttp://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/