Man: The way you look at polygamy is the way we think when we look at your culture on television and see two women or two men getting married. It’s scandalous! We don’t understand!
Woman: We intellectual women fight for the liberation of women, but in our homes our husbands still try to maintain their authority. Our husbands do not want intellectual women changing the rules of the game.
Man: If a man can get more than one wife, all we can do for him is clap.
(Considering making that last quote the subtitle for my paper.)
In retrospect, I’m glad I chose polygamy in Burkina Faso as my topic.
25 days before I leave for traveling… 25 pages left to write before then if I want to graduate. Life is pretty good! Can’t wait to hit the road!
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What about a women with multiple husbands? I would clap to that.
Posted 21 May 2009 at 11:10 pm ¶Well, I used to tell kids in Ouagadougou that I had four husbands and I have never seen such fits of giggles.
Posted 21 May 2009 at 11:22 pm ¶You’re serious? There’s a place called Ougadougou? That’s hilarious!
Posted 22 May 2009 at 11:13 am ¶Post a Comment