Claim: You cannot sleep with your cousin  in Africa
Fact-check: 'Kissing cousins': Cousin marriages in Africa not always taboo  - FactCheckZW
Verdict: false the claim by chin'ono that 'you cannot sleep with your cousin  in africa' is false. firstly, because not all african cultures consider cousins as siblings. in some cultures like sesotho, setswana and isindebele, cousins are cousins. they  differentiate between parallel cousins  who are considered sisters/brothers and cross cousins  who remain cousins. cross cousin marriages for some of these  communities happen and are legal under zimbabwe's laws and other countries, such as lesotho. however, it remains unclear if 'an estimated 35% to 50% of all sub-saharan african populations 'prefer or accept' cousin marriages' as stated by iqbal mohamed mp.
Organisation: FactCheckZW
Author: Lifaqane Nare
Date published: 2024-12-21T08:08:53