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Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by denzel2009: 4:08pm On Apr 05, 2011 |
In some African cultures, the wife is allowed to sleep with some of the husband's visitors throughout their visit as a sign of hospitality. |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by Pweety4me(f): 9:53pm On Apr 05, 2011 |
ifyalways:After spending 3 mins of your life typing this poo up there what point did yu make? u really do [i]write a lot about urself ifyalways:Still doesn't change the fact that u wrote this. . .kiddo plse grow up & make use of your brain Anywayz i won't waste further tyme, trying to speak sense into sum ignorant high school drop-out, as her case seems pointless take care. |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by ifyalways(f): 10:52pm On Apr 05, 2011 |
Dundee united u had to quote me twice cos ?,and your point really was He he he,so it took u 3 mins to Google up lobotomy?. Pointless ko,Pointmore ni . . miss air head high school graduate,you obviously are one of 'em Google and Wikipedia graduates Goodluck on the brain-filling thingy. . .hope u come out with atleast a dead rats medulla. Much love,from me to toi. Lol |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by PhysicsMHD(m): 11:15pm On Apr 05, 2011 |
ifyalways was saying that back in those days ("then"), a woman who had her first period was considered marriage eligible in certain cultures. She was not saying that it is her belief that a girl is marriage eligible once she has her period. People should read statements more carefully and in context or ask for clarification if they still don't get it, before rushing to confront somebody based on their own (mis)interpretations of what is stated. 1 Like |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by Pweety4me(f): 11:38pm On Apr 05, 2011 |
PhysicsMHD:Lol, i never said she wrote the culture did i?the girl is a kid she chose to have a fit instead of being sensible about things. |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by beautyline(f): 11:37am On Apr 06, 2011 |
I heard that in Ghana, the children answer the mother's family name and not the father's. That's strange to me! |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by ifyalways(f): 5:09pm On Apr 06, 2011 |
denzel2009:This is one culture that I can't seem to figure out considering that a greater % of African men are extremely jealous. Lol,Wonder If the women then were wise enough to utilize this culture. . .invite the bootycall to the house and have him legally all night. ,Perhaps there is a sort of measure in place to determine who[i] qualifies[/i] as an over-night guest? lol @PhysicsMHD 1 Like |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by Pweety4me(f): 10:36pm On Apr 06, 2011 |
beautyline:lol 90% of ghanaian men get beat up by the women!! |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by Ndipe(m): 11:23pm On Apr 06, 2011 |
beautyline: Dunno about answering their mother's family name, but I know among the Ashanti's, the children hail from the mothers side, and not from the fathers village. |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by Pweety4me(f): 8:02pm On Apr 08, 2011 |
Does part of the edo culture involve trafficking?exploiting young ladies for prostitution & money purposes in Italy?!! |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by obowunmi(m): 8:03pm On Apr 08, 2011 |
^^^ how is sex exploitation, child, and human trafficking part of a culture ? |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by Pweety4me(f): 8:49pm On Apr 08, 2011 |
^^^I don't know but i watched a documentary & this is what they did. & i said exploiting ladies for prostitution i did not mention children. |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by obowunmi(m): 9:26pm On Apr 08, 2011 |
What I'm trying to say is that it's not part of the culture. Na poverty make crayfish bend --- so people often resort to all sorts of nuances to make ends meet. |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by nanidee(f): 9:29pm On Apr 08, 2011 |
@ ifyalways, These days,they seem to have modernized it, but i am aware that it still exists, but definitely not as extreme as that. |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by nanidee(f): 9:48pm On Apr 08, 2011 |
hornyimam: comon, and who said that was a culture?? Pweety4me: lol, maybe the girls used to enjoy the breast pressing, you never can tell 25omega: This is totally weird. I have heard of a culture like this, but what sounds pretty strange (like you observed) in this particular one is the fact that the elders have to be in the same room, lol Imagine the elders looking at your wife's unclothed body. Na wa o |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by nanidee(f): 10:01pm On Apr 08, 2011 |
armyofone: This is really gross, lo But many years ago, some cultures used it on children who were suspected to be abikus, denzel2009:Ha, if you were pinocchio, i suspect your nose would have grown longer after this post, ifyalways: beautyline: Pweety4me: |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by Pweety4me(f): 2:47am On Apr 09, 2011 |
obowunmi:Ok noted. nanidee:[color=#550077]God 4bid bad thing! nanidee:Did u not read that news? lol |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by ifyalways(f): 10:46am On Apr 09, 2011 |
@Nanidee,No im not from Mgbidi but i have friends from there,been there.I believe that Mgbidi in the whole of Igboland is the only place where that culture exist. |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by namfav(m): 9:40am On Apr 11, 2011 |
my woɗaaɓe brothers and the guerewol |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by nanidee(f): 12:32pm On Apr 11, 2011 |
^^^ Jeez, is that a mask or something? looks really hideous. (no offense to the tribe) |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by ifyalways(f): 12:49pm On Apr 11, 2011 |
namfav:What do they do?Eat bottles? I've seen some guys eat bottles and all kinds of unimaginable stuffs. |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by namfav(m): 12:57pm On Apr 11, 2011 |
it's a beauty pageant, the men make up to attract the woman |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by ifyalways(f): 1:01pm On Apr 11, 2011 |
namfav:wow. It wud be fun,I guess. |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by Nobody: 1:01pm On Apr 11, 2011 |
Hey guys! Enough! Ify and Pweety, end this immediately! |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by ifyalways(f): 1:38pm On Apr 11, 2011 |
LOL^ . You sound like a high school teacher.I can just picture u on ur heels,skirt drawn to the breast,tucked and trim,bogus eyeglass and ur cane. Seriously,We are good now. |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by nanidee(f): 1:50pm On Apr 11, 2011 |
namfav: So are you saying that is a man? and if the men make-up that way, how will the women see their real faces? ifyalways: or scary, |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by namfav(m): 1:57pm On Apr 11, 2011 |
hahaha, obviously it is a man only with the make up, i expect alot of women to be happy with this practice because it is the women who choose out of dozens of men for a husband/partner, the men are always disappointed never the women, the women can see the men clearly how do men see women with make up |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by Nobody: 2:03pm On Apr 11, 2011 |
ifyalways: Ahahahahhaahhaha! |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by Ndipe(m): 11:02pm On Apr 11, 2011 |
The one that I heard which was scary and practised in the past was a potential groom being flogged by the relatives of the bride before giving her out to him. If he cried from the strokes of the cane, he is sent home without the bride. It was practised in the Northern part of Nigeria. |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by ifyalways(f): 3:23pm On Apr 12, 2011 |
Ndipe:I have actually seen this life,in Enugu. Ol'boy na real fire.Dem no dey joke at all. |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by Pweety4me(f): 4:23am On Apr 16, 2011 |
Ndipe:Hmm what does that signify?is this the test of how 'Manly' or strong he is? |
Re: Strangest African Cultures You Have Ever Heard Of, Or Experienced by doris0991: 6:59pm On Apr 17, 2011 |
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