With 103 respondents selected from Igbesa community in Ogun state, Nigeria, this study sought to discover whether western culture has negatively affected the marriage institution among these community people. The study revealed that conflicts exist between Western marriage culture and the indigenous traditional marriage culture. Nonetheless, the western culture was believed, not to have affected, negatively, the indigenous marriage institution. The study recommended further studies to discover why the western culture has not negatively impacted on the traditional marriage culture among these people. It was also recommended that comparative studies be carried out on the effects of western culture on indigenous marriage institution between rural communities and urban communities in Yoruba land. This would discover things that are yet to be revealed on this issue.
Marriage, Culture, Effects, Igbesa Community, Yoruba
