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Namibia’s Wife Swapping Practice Ignites Debate by lonipeter(m): 2:22pm On Jan 11, 2015 |
Wife-swapping among Namibia's nomadic tribes has been practised for generations, but a legislator's call to enshrine it in law has stirred debate about women's rights and tradition in modern society The practice is known as “okujepisa omukazendu” – which loosely means “offering a wife to a guest” – the practice is little known outside these reclusive communities, whose population is estimated at 86 000. It is a kind of gentlemen’s agreement where friends can have sex with each others’ wives – no strings attached. Of course, the wives don’t have much say in the matter. They’re swapped and changed and swung between different men in a country with one of the world’s highest HIV infection rates. But the Ovahimba and Ovazemba tribes defend their cultural practice, saying it strengthens their friendships and prevents promiscuity. “It’s a culture that gives us unity and friendship,” said Kazeongere Tjeundo, a lawmaker and deputy president of the opposition Democratic Turnhalle Alliance of Namibia. “It’s up to you to choose (among) your mates who you like the most… to allow him to sleep with yourwife,” said Tjeundo, a member of the Ovahimba ethnic group. Tjeundo plans to propose awife-swapping law following a November legislative poll when he’s tipped for re-election. Mainly found in the north-western Kunene region near the Angolan border, the tribes are largely isolated from the rest of the country. They have resisted the trappings of modern life, keep livestock, live off the land and practice ancestral worship Source:Independent Online |
Re: Namibia’s Wife Swapping Practice Ignites Debate by donmalcolm21(m): 2:38pm On Jan 11, 2015 |
Maybe I will go for a summer holiDay there and "lecture" them about how to make me a good friend. 1 Like |
Re: Namibia’s Wife Swapping Practice Ignites Debate by Nobody: 2:40pm On Jan 11, 2015 |
donmalcolm21:Pls,when going..inform me..i av to make good new friends.. |
Re: Namibia’s Wife Swapping Practice Ignites Debate by donmalcolm21(m): 2:49pm On Jan 11, 2015 |
SuperMartins:please I don't want to fight with you on this thread kindly go to Somalia and allow me to carry out this sacred mission in Namibia |
Re: Namibia’s Wife Swapping Practice Ignites Debate by Nobody: 2:53pm On Jan 11, 2015 |
donmalcolm21:cos i jxt wan manage travel wit u..u wen be refugee for yemen..oboi,am goin alone cos if they see me with u sef,them go begin deny their culture say dem no dey xchange wives again..See u there |
Re: Namibia’s Wife Swapping Practice Ignites Debate by uprightman(m): 3:06pm On Jan 11, 2015 |
this remind me the story about Tiv and nuiman . |
Re: Namibia’s Wife Swapping Practice Ignites Debate by lonipeter(m): 7:25pm On Jan 11, 2015 |
donmalcolm21: Remember they are among the world's highest HIV-infected nations, awoof dey turn belle o |
Re: Namibia’s Wife Swapping Practice Ignites Debate by lonipeter(m): 7:32pm On Jan 11, 2015 |
Wait o, if someone has 52 friends, and there are 52 weeks in a year, emm... Jes saying. |
Re: Namibia’s Wife Swapping Practice Ignites Debate by Blackfire(m): 10:30pm On Jan 15, 2015 |
*faints again* pls call les |
Re: Namibia’s Wife Swapping Practice Ignites Debate by naijaclinic: 7:17pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
You will marry too na. So that while u r away ur friends will be entertaining ur wife. |
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