This paper presents a discussion on the child
marriage in Africa. It is a literature review paper which
outlines the level of child marriage in Africa as it
compares with other continents in the world. The paper
explained concepts of marriage in general and child
marriage specific. Different factors which are major
causes of child marriage in Africa were discussed.
Furthermore, effects of the child marriage on individual,
society, State and globally have also highlighted. The
paper concluded by giving several approaches/strategies
which can be adopted in Africa to mitigate the effects of
child marriage.