Each time he wanted a new wife, his older wives provided the new wife for him

He had at least 10 wives at a minimum.

Talking of Chief Hubert Ogunde the late Nigerian actor, playwright, theatre manager, and musician who founded the first contemporary professional theatrical company in Nigeria.

Chief Ogunde was also the pioneer artistic director of Nigeria's national drama troupe and in 1967 his drama troupe represented Nigeria in a competition in Canada and Nigeria came first.

The below is in the words of his son Mr Oluwemimo Ogunde, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Attorney General of Ogun State :-

Each time my father wanted a new wife, he called his older wives and told them that he wanted a new wife, then, they would volunteer to bring the wife for him. My mother, for instance, I know the person she brought. So, when the senior wife brings a wife home, that junior wife is under that senior wife in authority. My dad didn’t really interact with the junior wives. It is stratified, it’s hierarchical. My dad didn’t talk to these junior wives; the senior wives had their own time with their husband. They rotated daily through the week. The junior wives only get a time with their husband by the senior wife surrendering their slots to them. So, the junior wife has that protection because she knows that on the day that her own mentor, guardian or leader would have her day, the day would be surrendered to her or she would be given the opportunity.

There were no days assigned to the junior wives because there are only seven days in a week (laughs)…. So, it took the higher wives to surrender. So, you can see the level of selflessness and cooperation. That prevented any form of hassle. There’s no way you wouldn’t respect an elderly wife that gives you her slot to meet with your husband. The arrangement was even known to us as children, so you can see the cooperation in our home.

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What a life for the younger wives.... They were more like 'sexual' modified maids.

That's crazy