Features of regulation of marriage and family relations on the African continent

This article examines the concepts of “traditional family” and “traditional family values” on the example of families of the African continent, the features of family legislation of families in Africa and the degree of their “traditionality”. The author analyzes the conditions necessary to ensure the protection of the interests of traditional forms of family relations, which are opposed to liberal concepts of the family, threatening the classical form of marriage and the most common method of family organization. Vectors of possible development of institutions for the protection of the “traditional family” and “traditional societies” are determined. The article substantiates the need to strengthen mechanisms for the protection of “traditional family values” not only by reforming national legislation, but also by adopting international law. An assessment of the impact of various factors on the preservation of traditional societies in the modern world is given. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the influence of economic factors and religion on the protection of traditional family values.