Who Should Pound The Yam?

the stronger one among the two

true talk except that they would not pound it the way we want it

women always have something to complain about, if you doubt me, come to my house

Can someone explain to me what men in the olden days did from morning to nite? ???They couldn't be farming cos you don't farm all year .

Are you a farmer?There is no way they farm all year round from morning to night

People in the olden days did not have large industrial farms.They had relatively small farms.Remember,there are 365 days in year.

Weeding of those small farms can be performed once every 2 weeks.Planting generally takes a day,at worse a couple of days.Harvesting takes the longest amount of time and at worse 5 days.

All the above may take an average of 40-60 days out of 365.So what did the men do for the remaining 300 days.Besides,in some cases women did most of the farming

Nobody has come up with a good answer as to what men did all day long in the past     

PS:I forgot to add digging up ridges,that can take a couple of days

4play,
[Are you a farmer?There is no way they farm all year round from morning to night]

its hard to believe but they actually do farm all year round from morning to night. dont forget, even if they are not working on their farm, they are helping a friend, or family member or some other person.

[People in the olden days did not have large industrial farms.They had relatively small farms.Remember,there are 365 days in year].
actually the people i know from the olden days did have large farms (both in size and in no). all the places that have houses now or are being populated were all farms. you had the living areas/quarters and then farms were a distance away from those places.

while the women are weeding, the men are slashing with the cutlass. my dear, if you actually know the in and out of farming, you would see how possible it is that they are able to be at that job all year round. if they are done with theirs, there is someone else to be helped, they helped each other, not like today where the motto is "to your own tent oh Isreal"

@ 4 play
thanks for telling them something i already knew! men rode bicycles to the farm and worked only a few hours while the women trekked there on foot to do all the work and come back later with all the load on her head!

still happens in (rural)kenya!  

True i think people then were more satisfied about what they had, they cows were some few metres away, the farm is behind the house, who cares what the seychelles looks like when theres river akwa 10miles away, who wants marble floors and golden bathtubs

As long as they rain season comes regularly people were relatively happy plenty time with the wives and kids 
I think i shoudl retire to some village back home enjoy fresh fruit and sit on me backside more 

@monshege

You wey no grow up in a village,how you u sabi wetin dey happen for olden days?Living in the village puts me in a better postion to find out how life was in the past

I could tell from your response that you did not grow up in your villa

I grew up in a village and used to go farming so am talking from personal experience.In just one day we could clear up the land,create the ridges and then plant the crops.We will then return every once in a while to check the crops and remove any weeds that were growing.True story

Believe me it was not hard work  

Educated people don't actually pound yam anymore.  They use yam powder which is as easy to prepare as eba.

Education has nothing to do with yam pounding. I learnt to pound yam, it was not bad afterall.

My dad does the pounding of the yam. He will never have it any other way.

My mom doesnt even bother.

Yam powder will never be as good as real pounded yam. Try pounding yam using the Minna yam, u wont touch that powder again.

Actually, a yam powder made from Minna yam should taste like the pounded yam made from it.  Welcome to 2007!

Yes, because a civilised man will not suffer his wife to pound yam when yam powder does the job perfectly well.