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Love by proxy: What would happen if your parents picked your spouse?

BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO

Taita-Taveta, Kenya: 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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