The main objective of thi s s tudy was lO describe the infa n t care practicesrnand soc ializa tion in 80rana c ulture. The in strumen ts used to collec t the data we rernq u estionn a ire, Focus Group Di sc u ssion (Fe} !)) and natura l observation. The s ludyrnpopula tion inc luded 1 10 re s pondents and consisted of 80 mothers and 30 fat he rs ,rn15 infants a nd 10 Focu s Group Discu ssion persons were involved in the study .rnThe qua li ta tive techniques a nd describing beh av ior through s imple statistics werernemployed to analyze the collected data.rnIn the findings of the study, the parental investment strategy, feedingrnprac tices, co-sleeping a nd s leeping management, caretake rs response LO infan lsrncry in g, phys ical a nd ve rba l ca re, birth and initiation ceremonies, tra dilional andrnmedical infant care prac tices were d esc ri bed. The outcome of the data analysisrnrevealed th a t th e re are useful ca re pra clices like prolonged duralion or breas trnfeeding, co-s leeping, pa renta l d isci pline and others. However, lherc arc ha rmfulrntradi tional practices s u ch as fema le genital mUli la tion and the a bsence of thc uscrnor modern medical institutions during delivery. Polygamous marriage, lhc abse ncernof the use of family pla nning methods a nd the belief that they bear a c hildrnwhenever God wills contribute a lot to the high rate of fertility .rnFin a lly, recommendations were given on infant and c hild care prac tices Inrnarea of feed ing, female gen ita l mut il a tion , gender inequalities, fa the rs ' ro le in c hildrncare prac tices and pare ntal di sc ipline.