Looking at ‘ukuthwala’, the South African ‘bride abduction’ custom

We speak to Nyasha Karimakwenda, a postdoctoral researcher at UCT, offers a new perspective on the history and customary practices of ukuthwala – where young women are forced into marriages with older men – to show that, without disregarding certain bad elements of the practives, it is not rooted in violence. She helps us understand it’s history, it’s prominence in modern day South Africa, and more.