After these works were finished, strict regulations were imposed upon the Indians and they were accepted by neither the British nor the native Africans. This laid the groundwork for future social stratification and the exile of thousands of Indians throughout Africa. The rise to western and European influence and imperialism in Africa was not without obstacles. The discovery and production of gold brought in wealth for all of Europe but at the cost of European and African lives in Africa due to disease, famine, and droughts. Despite obstacles there were many things gained to Europeans, like rubber.
African marriages are more of a union of families than a union of a couple.
Parents and male family members evaluate possible spouses and often suggest a spouse for the future bride or groom. Brideprices are payed to the bride's family by the groom's family in exchange for control of her sexuality and rights. Polygyny is the practice of a man taking more than one wife at the same time and is driven by economic, social, political, adn sexual motives. Under this system, the society allowed for fluid movement between social classes. When the Europeans came to Africa in the late 1800s they changed the relationship between these two tribes drastically.