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This chapter reports on the conditions of healthy marriage and marital happiness in the households of ancient Rwandan society. Focus group discussions with Rwanda elders, males and females, were conducted in Kigali city, in the Western and Southern provinces of Rwanda. A detailed methodological approach used is described in Chapter 2. Healthy marriage and marital happiness were related to the achievement of the reasons why people had to get married. Abiding by the cultural conditions of good marital functioning was key to healthy marriage and a happy marital life in ancient Rwandan society.
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Mukashema, I., Gumira Hahirwa, J., Hakizamungu, A., Havugintwari, L. (2021). Determinants of Marital Happiness as a Dimension of Marital Quality in Ancient Rwandan Society. In: Mukashema, I. (eds) Psychosocial Well-Being and Mental Health of Individuals in Marital and in Family Relationships in Pre- and Post-Genocide Rwanda. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74560-8_4
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