ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a profile of the evidence on the types of marriages that Fulani enter into in Accra, detailing stories and perspectives of individual men and women. It deals with the maintenance, or potential loss of Fulani identity, through the choice of marriage partners, as well as the issues of separation and solidarity entailed in discussions of mobile marriage strategies. The chapter considers the types and frequencies of marriages encountered among the individuals in the sample in order to understand the types of family and non-family marriages entered into. The variations in the types of marriages into which different Fulani groups enter, throughout the Fulani Diaspora, are extensive. The age gap between the spouses is another indication of the disparity in men's and women's ages at first marriage. A relatively high divorce rate is claimed to be characteristic of all Fulani populations. This sample is apparently no exception.
