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dunwiddat, your links aren't working again, which goes back to a problem brought to your attention that you are well aware of ... But, here is the kind of indigenous information of Africa(Alkebu-lan) that we look forward to, not the Islamic portion:
Married at 13 to man in his 70s: Child bride who's changing attitudes
Child marriage is common in traditional Maasai communities in Tanzania, says Mereso Kilusu.
Mereso Kilusu
Editor's note: Tanzanian Mereso Kilusu was a child bride and is now an activist against child marriage. Her story was translated by LoeRose Mbise, of YWCA Tanzania, and edited by Marlee Wasser, of The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health.
(CNN) -- Nine of the 10 countries with the world's highest rates of child marriage are in Africa: Niger, Chad and Central African Republic, Guinea, Mozambique, Mali, Burkina Faso and South Sudan, and Malawi.
My country, Tanzania, did not make the list. But in traditional Maasai communities like mine, marrying off girls is very common.
I was married at 13 to a man in his 70s.
Our traditional values dictate girls are meant for marriage, and when the men decide we are biologically ready, we are married.
Mereso Kilusu
In the fight against child marriage, the biggest battle is finding those who are ready for change and giving them the courage to speak to others.
Mereso Kilusu
suggested reading: http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/08/opinion/child-marriage-kilusu/index.html