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July 5, 2017July 5, 2017cosmicyoruba2 Comments

Life in a polygynous home…where the head of the household is the wife

Imagine a home where one man has several wives. You’d be mistaken to think that the man is the “head” of the household if this home was among the Ekoi/Ejagham. Historically, the head of the household is the chief wife among the Ekoi, she called the shots and encouraged her husband to marry more women…

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