Kenyan inheritance law that only sons could inherit shaped a family-planning drama’s plot

Evidence

Land ownership is highly valued in Kenya. The creative tailoring of a serial drama in Kenya illustrates this key cultural value. One of the major story lines linked the impoverishing effect of large families to the inheritance of land. The contrast modeling centered on two brothers. One brother had one wife, a son, and several daughters, whereas the other brother had multiple wives, nine sons, and a number of daughters. They squabbled over how to pass the family farm to the next generation. At the time the series was broadcast, only sons could inherit property. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2858

Categorization

• XREF: Contrast modeling between a monogamous vs. polygamous brother echoes the ‘exemplar’ modeling logic of Bandura’s own social-cognitive theory being applied in practice.