Whenever the issue of homosexuality or same-sex unions is mentioned in Nigeria, the top two points to counter it is that it is not our culture and it is against our religious beliefs. But because Christianity and Islam are imported, their use as reasons to push back is, sometimes, tuned down and the cultural reason highlighted. It is not our culture, full stop. But are we sure?

For one, Nigeria is a multi-ethnic nation with over 300 distinct cultures. So to talk about Same-sex marriages and affairs in the Nigerian traditional system is to look at it in individual cultures. Igbo, Yoruba, Idoma, Efik, Tiv, Hausa, Beni, etc, all have different ways they look at same-sex relationships

There is no one cultural view on homosexuality among Nigerians traditionally. Sometimes, too, Nigerians take tenets from their religions and pass them on as the traditional culture. For instance, you would hear people say it is against our culture for girls to dress "indecently" and that wearing revealing dresses is imported culture from the west. This is not true.

In Ancient Igboland, unmarried girls do not cover their breasts to show that they are chase and their bosoms still stand firm. The women's breasts, belly, and laps are not seen as private parts in traditional Igboland. Then the white man and the missionaries came with their gowns and redefined the Igbo man's view on nudity.

What does the ancient Igbo have to say about same-sex unions? Is the present Igboman's view on same-sex affairs what they believe in the very beginning, independent of foreign influences? This is what this post is about, probing the mind of the ancient Igbos on their thoughts on homosexuality?

Can the same sex marry each other in Igboland?

The answer is yes.

In Igboland, there are female husbands. A woman can marry a woman under special circumstances. There are two ways this can happen.

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What do you know about Igbo culture be there advocating for homosexual because you are one of them.

What is that thing ( the pics attached)

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