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The Father Of 26 Children Who's Helping to Preach Birth Control by alabosian(m): 12:29pm On Sep 20, 2014
But it is hard to imagine Kouayou Kouayou with a
broom in his hand or a pot on his head. He is
something of a celebrity in Sakassou, a small
community of farmers, deep in the heart of the country.
I'm told he's the spiritual healer, some even call him
"The Prophet".
Kouayou Kouayou, also known as "The Prophet"
He is holding court on a raised platform outside his
house and orders me to sit down next to him. Kouayou
is youthful looking, with just a hint of grey, despite
fathering 26 children with four wives.
"In our culture the more children you have, the richer
and more prestigious you are and I have the record
number in the village," he tells me.
Despite his exalted status, Kouayou wears an orange T-
shirt because he too has been sent back to the
classroom.
Now surrounded by his super-size family, he's trying to
persuade fellow husbands not to follow his example.
"If you space the babies, they are born healthier and it
is better for the women," he says.
But Madame Ba, who works for the United Nations
Population Fund, tells me birth control was a hard sell
at first.
"Some men worry contraception might make their wives
sterile," she says.
"I explain that a woman is like a mango tree - it bears
fruit and then it has a resting period. A wife needs to
have time to look after her new baby and to stay
beautiful for her husband. If she gets worn out too
quickly he will go and get himself another woman.
"Other husbands are incredibly suspicious of birth
control - they think their wives will use it as an excuse
to go have fun with other men and since they won't fall
pregnant afterwards nobody will find out. We explain
that's not what contraception is about."
Her words remind me of a classic comedy actually
called The School for Husbands by the 17th Century
playwright Moliere. The plot revolves around a
pathologically jealous man who tries to force a young
woman to love him and it ends with the lines: "If any
husband is a churlish fool / This is the place to send
him - to our school!"

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Re: The Father Of 26 Children Who's Helping to Preach Birth Control by Coldfeet(f): 12:43pm On Sep 20, 2014
I don't understand what the op is saying can somburry help?

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