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A land where love is imposed on couples

BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO

Forget the first meeting that sent your head spinning and your palms sweating. Forget courtship. Forget the engagement ring. In traditional Taita, marriage was an affair between two families and a communal affair from the word go.

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