RedboneSmith:


Who told you this type of marriage necessarily involved intimacy between the 'woman-husband' and the wife?

A woman wants a child, but can't have one. She goes and marries a younger woman. She enters into an agreement with a man to impregnatldren for her. That's how it worked. It's basically an early form of surrogacy.

No where in the world, no culture where a woman goes into a marriage contract on behalf of a man.
Not even in Ibo culture.

Find another excuse.

OPCNAIRALAND:
No where in the world, no culture where a woman goes into a marriage contract on behalf of a man. Not even in Ibo culture.

Find another excuse.

Guy, na which one be dis? You wan sabi their culture pass them? It means there are quite a number of kids over there who don't know their biological fathers, but are bearing another man's name. How weird.

OPCNAIRALAND:


If a woman is unable to bear child with a man the solution does not rest in intimacy with a woman. She needs sperm, woman does not produce sperm.

What other excuse do you have?

You got it all wrong. There is no intimacy between the women. The reason for marrying the new wife is to have children that under traditional law are member of the family and have equal rights like everyone else. In most cases the husband-wife are usually passed their child bearing age and they need some to bear a child and carry on the family name.

I know you would think why not adopt? There is a problem with that, traditional the child that is adopted is not considered a true member of the family. I know it sounds strange but that is the reason behind getting another woman pay her bride price in the name of the late husband or father and have her bear child hopefully male that will take on the family name and inheritance.

stupid afonjas will come here and masturbate all their stupidity on this thread o ye stupid afonja dingbats!!!!

THis form of marriage is such that when a woman feels she cant produce a heir /child for her husband due to some unfortold situations,she seeks for a young lady for the husband and marries her for him for the sole purpose of procreation


Afonjas try and learn cuz ur stupidity is just out of this world

OPCNAIRALAND:


No where in the world, no culture where a woman goes into a marriage contract on behalf of a man.
Not even in Ibo culture.

Find another excuse.

y'all just babbling and denying facts.....
the author stated raw facts gotten from researchs.......
u denying it, what research have u done ?
also the author didn't mention if there is or isn't sexual intimacy between d women involved

toboint:
y'all just babbling and denying facts.....
the author stated raw facts gotten from researchs.......
u denying it, what research have u done ?
also the author didn't mention if there is or isn't sexual intimacy between d women involved

why are you this stupid fellow ? i have broken it down to bits but still you lack comprebhension ....fuckka outta here with your negative vibes fhoolish man

Just why is it so hard for some of you people to accept that this was an arrangement whose purpose was to enable childless women have children of their own through other women, and not a homosexual relationship?

The practice was not even limited to Igboland, and was reported among other people in the early days of colonialism.

Here is a report from 1910 indicating that it existed among the Ekiti and some of their neighbours.

Source: Tribes, Provinces, Emirates and States of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria edited by C. L. Temple.