Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: "Chat Central and Derailer's Paradise"...Welcome! by funlord(m): 10:49pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
Ipledge2: Go and buy neutrogena...That thing is eating ur .. Lol........eyes on this!
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Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: "Chat Central and Derailer's Paradise"...Welcome! by funlord(m): 7:56pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
adeh39: Like seriously?
Hey Boy, Sending a mail to apologize to you to let this matter die down shows how sensible and matured I am, It's not because I'm guilty or anything.
Now, you have proven how dumb and immature you are by not listening to me, I wonder how a man of 28 years will be behaving like a 10 years old Mummy's boy.
I know very well that you are doing all this because I refused to Support and Campaign for you, But you have to get this into your thick skull " ADEH39 IS NOT FOR SALE, I WILL NOT SUPPORT YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT WORTH IT, YOU ARE TOO RUDE AND PROUD. AND I CAN'T CHANGE MY MIND FOR ANY REWARD YOU ARE OFFERING ME "
Besides, I don't really know why you are so desperate to win this contest, I don't know why a Man like you would be acting stvpidly because of a Faceless Forum Competition.
Well, Boy, you can continue mentioning my moniker, I actually love the mentions , and rain all the insults in this world on me, It makes me feel SPECIAL, to think that someone is scared of me .
Now I know that you or your dog will reply this post. But, Please use your brain and eyes before replying.
And please stop mentioning other monikers, you are disturbing them, they are not involved in this issue. Face me, let's tackle it together.
Thanks.
Scentmarlc, I know that I have promised not reply this Boy, but please forgive me . I am sorry. Sister! What is this na?
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Politics › Re: The Igbo Conscience Intervenes On Igbo/yoruba Misunderstanding: Calls For Truce by funlord(m): 7:28pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
teufelein: rubbbbish, there's nothing like reconciliation...all we want now is war, without total war between Biafra and odua the zoo nigeria can't be destroyed and the true freedom can't be reached. reconciliation can come when we have restored Biafra.
[size=15pt]i do not preach peace, i advocate for total bloody war as long as the war will bring to an end the zoo nigeria.[/size]  teufelein: rubbbbish, there's nothing like reconciliation...all we want now is war, without total war between Biafra and odua the zoo nigeria can't be destroyed and the true freedom can't be reached. reconciliation can come when we have restored Biafra.
[size=15pt]i do not preach peace, i advocate for total bloody war as long as the war will bring to an end the zoo nigeria.[/size] READ CAREFULLY SISTER!
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Politics › Re: The Igbo Conscience Intervenes On Igbo/yoruba Misunderstanding: Calls For Truce by funlord(m): 7:16pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
 Well even though I do not and have never subscribed to any "tribal sentiments or sectional interests" myself, I must still say it is a commendable notification! Ethnicity, jingoism and bigotry has been one of the major stumbling blocks to our nations progress for decades! This is why always encourage my friends, families or associates to abandon tradition and cultural attachments in our never ending pursuits for development and self satisfaction or during politicking! We all bleed the same colour, RED! And I don't think anyones D.N.A strains are written in hausa, igbo or youruba! Wake up the youth remains the goal! |
Family › Re: 16 Tips To Make Your Wife Happy by funlord(m): 5:26pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
 The only tip needed 2 make her happy is MONEY! And lots of it! She would always adjust her happiness accordingly by herself! |
Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: "Chat Central and Derailer's Paradise"...Welcome! by funlord(m): 5:03pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
TheSonOfMark: You actually have a job sucking penile appendages for money and offering your anál orifice at 75 kobo per insertion to leprous midgets. How about you concentrate on getting fitting butt-plugs to stop the sperm overflowing from your anûs, homo erectus?
 TheSonOfMark: You actually have a job sucking penile appendages for money and offering your anál orifice at 75 kobo per insertion to leprous midgets. How about you concentrate on getting fitting butt-plugs to stop the sperm overflowing from your anûs, homo erectus?
"Gay homo erectus"! Dis passport tho?.........
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Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: "Chat Central and Derailer's Paradise"...Welcome! by funlord(m): 4:31pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
sweetorgasm: ok wonda what will b d worth of ur coconut brain afta uve been rendered lifeless.  sweetorgasm: ok wonda what will b d worth of ur coconut brain afta uve been rendered lifeless. Chei! |
Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: "Chat Central and Derailer's Paradise"...Welcome! by funlord(m): 4:25pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
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Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: "Chat Central and Derailer's Paradise"...Welcome! by funlord(m): 4:13pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
Zenayia: Shhhhhhhhh!
Do u hear that? Thats d sound of ur quaking heart. Now keep running, thats what u should av done eons ago.
Chicken witted wannabe. Haba! How can a "so called king be afraid like dis"?
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Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: "Chat Central and Derailer's Paradise"...Welcome! by funlord(m): 3:28pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
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Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: "Chat Central and Derailer's Paradise"...Welcome! by funlord(m): 3:20pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
IshilovePleaseNa: Funlord! My lord Take >>}  IshilovePleaseNa: Funlord! My lord Take >>} Since your 2 much of a coward(or is it goat ward sef?) 2 stand on your own 2 feet Let me help you to receive the necessary treatment! Please don't stop posting oh! I'm enjoying your display of abject idiocy! Cc: ISHILOVE! |
Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: "Chat Central and Derailer's Paradise"...Welcome! by funlord(m): 3:12pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
IshilovePleaseNa: Pathetic asslicking lowlife!  IshilovePleaseNa: Pathetic asslicking lowlife! Okay! Let me end this now! ISHILOVE you once banned me for having a new moniker on the same day you banned my original 1! So why on earth is this flagrant dummy using YOUR NAME in an embarrassing fashion,impersonating others and flouting rules all over the thread since yesterday and openly canvassing for your friends to help beg you to reduce their ban when you are aware that you have given them a long ban already and you are doing nothing about it? Do your JOB without a partisan stance for once! What was good for me should also be good for a rabble rouser like this also! Or was my case SPECIAL Cc ISHILOVE ROCKTATION LALASTICLALA! |
Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: "Chat Central and Derailer's Paradise"...Welcome! by funlord(m): 2:41pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
IshilovePleaseNa: Lmfao! I thought u were as daft as me for you not to be able to discern that I was darkrebel. FYI., I created this moniker in order to have fun. Foolish me! I type like him? Isn't it obvious enough? Why do I lackett a good quality of sense? Even till now my shallow head still can't believe dat I am related to dark? Why art the lord alloweth unheard insanity to blossom on myself? Smh pitifully. I AM DUMB, FVCKING FVCKTARDS! I AM NOT DARKREBEL. Again I'm his lover. Maybe I need a sledge hammer to hit atom of senses into his and my block heads. RETARDS WE ROCK!!! Cc. Classyalabolas1 Darkrebel666 kradleber YOU have been noticed! But you still remain an IRREDEEMABLE, PATHOLOGICAL, PSYCHOTIC, COWARDLY and HOG BRAINED DUMB_FUCK to the entire world as well as YOUR PARENTS! YOU now have my permission to DIE like a prison mosquito! #no time 4 caitlyns! |
Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: "Chat Central and Derailer's Paradise"...Welcome! by funlord(m): 1:38pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
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Romance › Re: 5 Signs That Tells You Her Boobs Are Fake. by funlord(m): 1:33pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
 Who gives a flying_fuck if a woman's boobs are fake? I'm not interested in having sex with her boobs but only with her ass and_vagina! Anyway the cost of breast implants are beyond the economic reach of most naija babes sef so its irrelevant 2 our society! Take this message 2 "dollarland"abeg! |
Family › Re: What's The Most Petty Thing You've Ever Done To Your Partner Or Ex Partner? by funlord(m): 1:09pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
Joavid: So, you still had access to his phone after the break-up?
Work on anger issues o before you stab someone because you are 'mad'.
Na people like you dey pour acid on someone. U 2 MUCH!
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Family › Re: Why Some Men Don't Cheat by funlord(m): 1:04pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
 Throw a ridiculous amount of money and ample opportunities their way and ALL these sanctimonious "MEN and WOMEN" posting tripe here would cheat as if there is no tomorrow! Success brings out every ones true character! Those that know will always know! |
Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: "Chat Central and Derailer's Paradise"...Welcome! by funlord(m): 12:49pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
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Politics › Re: Ogun State Is Living Up To Its Name by funlord(m): 12:30pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
 And this is something 2 be proud of or considered an achievement? No wonder una senator na "Wanted Drug Dealer"! Smh! |
Politics › Re: I Dont Like Buhari, Am Sorry.!!!!! by funlord(m): 12:21pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
Kassidy4luv: A man that never acted like an elder states man, all he wanted was power, to man the office of the president.
2011 Post election violence erupted because of him, he never for one day condemned the dreaded boko haram .
Buhari is not an option.....................
Sorry, he is not my President.  Kassidy4luv: A man that never acted like an elder states man, all he wanted was power, to man the office of the president.
2011 Post election violence erupted because of him, he never for one day condemned the dreaded boko haram .
Buhari is not an option.....................
Sorry, he is not my President. But who cares about your views? Not even your parents or pets I'm sure! When you become somebody let us know, then we can debate your bad belle further! |
Politics › Re: Old Age: Stop Attacking Buhari, He Needs Our Prayers – Fayose Begs by funlord(m): 12:16pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
 Fayose! I think the person you should be telling people to pray 4 is your incontinent mummy that currently needs a diaper change! Pampers don cost 4 ekiti! |
Politics › Re: 9 Questions About The N8B Clothing Allowance You Were Too Embarrassed To Ask by funlord(m): 12:13pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
 Sharp niggers like me wan start 2 dey sell and sew clothes for them and their wives while una go dey hear dey frustrate! The more you look the less you understand! That is the Law of naija! Driver....take me To the national assembly a.s.a.p!!!! |
Politics › Re: EFCC Arrests Ikedi Ohakim, Ex-Imo Governor by funlord(m): 12:08pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
 He will be out of their office before dinner time today, Never 2 be heard from again! SAY NO 2 COSMETIC INTERROGATIONS and PROSECUTIONS! Efcc jobbing gullible nigerians since 1999! |
Politics › Re: PHOTOS: U.S Ambassador Visits Senate President by funlord(m): 12:05pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
 Time 2 exchange private phone numbers, e mails and bb pins! So that looting go dey smoother! |
Politics › Re: Mrs.buhari’s Brothers,cousins Collect Millions Of Naira To Grant Access by funlord(m): 12:03pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
Jaysmith04: At a dinner organized recently by the First Lady in the State House, Abuja, to thank Nigerian women for their support for the Presidential Candidate of the APC [All Progressive Congress] in the 2015 elections, General Muhammadu Buhari, his wife, Hajia Aisha Buhari gave an unusual warning to the yet-to-be appointed aides of her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari.
She averred that unlike in the past when the aides of the First Family collected huge sums of money in bribes from visitors before they could grant them access to the State House, under the Buhari administration, such corrupt practices would not be condoned.
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But investigation has revealed that contrary to Hajia Buhari’s public posturing, the reverse is the case with her siblings who have constituted themselves into unofficial aides of the First Family and are collecting huge sums of money from people with the promise to facilitate appointment into public offices, contracts, and other favours from the Buhari administration.
It has been gathered from a reliable source that two of Aisha Buhari’s brothers, Musa Halilu also known as Musa Yola, who is her step brother and Modi Halilu, have teamed up with one Musa Daura, President Buhari’s nephew, to be fleecingNigerians and foreigners alike, who want to have audience with the First Lady.
Investigation into the reprehensible activities of the trio reveals that since the emergence of Buhari as the president-elect, Musa, Modi and Musa Daura made themselves too visible around the First Lady to the extent that they caught the attention of those seeking Hajia Buhari’s audience to influence her husband for one favour or the other, as is customary with a typical Nigerian politician. It is widely believed that because of President Buhari’s tough stance, some people would choose to go through his wife, Aisha, to seek for favours.
The three, who used to be unemployed and survived on patronage, have since moved into permanent suites at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja allegedly on the bill of a Senator who had his eyes on the seat of the Senate President.
Discussions with some members of the APC,who are familiar with the antics of the three young men, indicated that they were known for extorting people who wanted audience with General Buhari or his wife even during the days of the CPC.
It has come to our knowledge that within one month of the declaration of Buhari as the president-elect, Aisha Buhari’s brothers and the president’s cousin, Musa Daura, have come into instant wealth, owning choice properties in the highbrow Maitama District of Abuja, Gwarimpa and on Galadima Road in Kaduna ranging from N150 million to N500 million.
Musa Yola now cruises in a Mercedes E Class worth N18 million and lavishes as much as $30,000 on a prostitute for a one night stand.
It has also been revealed by a source that officials of the Jonathan administration who are afraid of probe by Buhari, especially those in the Oil Sector, have turned into the preys of Aisha Buhari’s brothers. They have been milking them systematically with the promise to reach out to the First Lady for protection against Buhari’s sledgehammer.
State Governors, especially those in the APC have equally become easy targets of extortion by Aisha Buhari’s brothers.
People seeking for appointment as Group Managing Director of NNPC, Accountant General of the Federation, Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service, Director General, Security and Exchange Commission, Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service among other juicy portfolios, have since submitted their resumes to Aisha Buhari’s siblings at the Hilton after parting with huge sums of money in hard currencies.
The conduct of the three is in defiance of Buhari’s directives, who had earlier issued warning to members of his family to steer clear of anything that would bring his administration to disrepute.
As the administration of Buhari takes its shape, people in the know of the conduct of Aisha Buhari’s brothers are watching with keen interest to see how events will unfold in the coming months and years.
Attempts by our correspondents to get the reaction of the trio at the Hilton were rebuffed by security officials bearing weapons.
http://247ureports.com/mrs-buharis-brothers-cousins-collect-millions-of-naira-to-grant-access-to-first-lady/  Jaysmith04: At a dinner organized recently by the First Lady in the State House, Abuja, to thank Nigerian women for their support for the Presidential Candidate of the APC [All Progressive Congress] in the 2015 elections, General Muhammadu Buhari, his wife, Hajia Aisha Buhari gave an unusual warning to the yet-to-be appointed aides of her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari.
She averred that unlike in the past when the aides of the First Family collected huge sums of money in bribes from visitors before they could grant them access to the State House, under the Buhari administration, such corrupt practices would not be condoned.
Slide1
But investigation has revealed that contrary to Hajia Buhari’s public posturing, the reverse is the case with her siblings who have constituted themselves into unofficial aides of the First Family and are collecting huge sums of money from people with the promise to facilitate appointment into public offices, contracts, and other favours from the Buhari administration.
It has been gathered from a reliable source that two of Aisha Buhari’s brothers, Musa Halilu also known as Musa Yola, who is her step brother and Modi Halilu, have teamed up with one Musa Daura, President Buhari’s nephew, to be fleecingNigerians and foreigners alike, who want to have audience with the First Lady.
Investigation into the reprehensible activities of the trio reveals that since the emergence of Buhari as the president-elect, Musa, Modi and Musa Daura made themselves too visible around the First Lady to the extent that they caught the attention of those seeking Hajia Buhari’s audience to influence her husband for one favour or the other, as is customary with a typical Nigerian politician. It is widely believed that because of President Buhari’s tough stance, some people would choose to go through his wife, Aisha, to seek for favours.
The three, who used to be unemployed and survived on patronage, have since moved into permanent suites at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja allegedly on the bill of a Senator who had his eyes on the seat of the Senate President.
Discussions with some members of the APC,who are familiar with the antics of the three young men, indicated that they were known for extorting people who wanted audience with General Buhari or his wife even during the days of the CPC.
It has come to our knowledge that within one month of the declaration of Buhari as the president-elect, Aisha Buhari’s brothers and the president’s cousin, Musa Daura, have come into instant wealth, owning choice properties in the highbrow Maitama District of Abuja, Gwarimpa and on Galadima Road in Kaduna ranging from N150 million to N500 million.
Musa Yola now cruises in a Mercedes E Class worth N18 million and lavishes as much as $30,000 on a prostitute for a one night stand.
It has also been revealed by a source that officials of the Jonathan administration who are afraid of probe by Buhari, especially those in the Oil Sector, have turned into the preys of Aisha Buhari’s brothers. They have been milking them systematically with the promise to reach out to the First Lady for protection against Buhari’s sledgehammer.
State Governors, especially those in the APC have equally become easy targets of extortion by Aisha Buhari’s brothers.
People seeking for appointment as Group Managing Director of NNPC, Accountant General of the Federation, Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service, Director General, Security and Exchange Commission, Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service among other juicy portfolios, have since submitted their resumes to Aisha Buhari’s siblings at the Hilton after parting with huge sums of money in hard currencies.
The conduct of the three is in defiance of Buhari’s directives, who had earlier issued warning to members of his family to steer clear of anything that would bring his administration to disrepute.
As the administration of Buhari takes its shape, people in the know of the conduct of Aisha Buhari’s brothers are watching with keen interest to see how events will unfold in the coming months and years.
Attempts by our correspondents to get the reaction of the trio at the Hilton were rebuffed by security officials bearing weapons.
http://247ureports.com/mrs-buharis-brothers-cousins-collect-millions-of-naira-to-grant-access-to-first-lady/ This your ability to LIE and peddle FALSEHOODS must be hereditary! Are YOU in anyway related to "buruji kashamu"? Arrant nonsense! |
Family › Re: He Wants To Marry An Orphan ?? by funlord(m): 11:57am On Jun 18, 2015 |

This story resemble film! |
Family › Re: Meet The African King With 100 Wives by funlord(m): 11:54am On Jun 18, 2015 |
missKiffy: Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. They weren't all his to start with. According to local tradition, when a fon dies, his successor inherits all his wives and then marries his own queens. He inherited 72 of the women from his late father. He has also taken on over 500 children from all of his wives. "The queens have a great role to play in the fondom," notes Prince Nickson, also of Bafut, noting that it is up to these women behind the man to shape him in his kingly role.
"Behind every successful man must be a very successful, staunch woman," says Abumbi's third wife, Queen Constance.
"Our tradition has it that when you are king, the elderly wives remain to hand down the tradition to the younger wives, and also to teach the king the tradition because the king had been a prince, not a king."
Despite the fact that polygamy is legal in Cameroon, the data shows that there are far fewer polygamous marriages across the African continent. The practice is being challenged by changing values, the spread of the Christian faith, the growing appeal of the western way of life but also the rising costs of having large families. It is against this backdrop that Cameroon's traditional rulers must walk the fine line between two often conflicting cultures.
"During colonialism other values came in, of governance, different from the traditional values we had and therefore there is this constant conflict between the traditional values and modern western values," admits Fon Abumbi II, who has ruled Bafut, the largest fondom in the region, for 47 years.
Thursday, June 18, 2015 Meet the African king with 100 wives
Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. They weren't all his to start with. According to local tradition, when a fon dies, his successor inherits all his wives and then marries his own queens. He inherited 72 of the women from his late father. He has also taken on over 500 children from all of his wives. "The queens have a great role to play in the fondom," notes Prince Nickson, also of Bafut, noting that it is up to these women behind the man to shape him in his kingly role.
"Behind every successful man must be a very successful, staunch woman," says Abumbi's third wife, Queen Constance. "Our tradition has it that when you are king, the elderly wives remain to hand down the tradition to the younger wives, and also to teach the king the tradition because the king had been a prince, not a king."
Despite the fact that polygamy is legal in Cameroon, the data shows that there are far fewer polygamous marriages across the African continent. The practice is being challenged by changing values, the spread of the Christian faith, the growing appeal of the western way of life but also the rising costs of having large families. It is against this backdrop that Cameroon's traditional rulers must walk the fine line between two often conflicting cultures.
"During colonialism other values came in, of governance, different from the traditional values we had and therefore there is this constant conflict between the traditional values and modern western values," admits Fon Abumbi II, who has ruled Bafut, the largest fondom in the region, for 47 years. Some of the king's wives "My role is to blend them, to find the way forward so my subjects can enjoy the fruits of development and modernity without destroying their culture. Without a culture, you are not a human being, you are an animal. And therefore the chieftaincy institution is the guarantor of our culture." "I understand that we might be quick to judge the lifestyle of the kings, but just like in the United Kingdom, African kingdoms and kings are bound to a rich culture and history. (Practices) like inheritance of all your father's wives is nothing but a moral obligation." On meeting the queens of Fon Ndofua Zofia II of Babungo -- one of Cameroon's youngest traditional rulers -- Methu CNN correspondent said: "All his young wives, forced on him by tradition, spoke fluent English in a French-speaking region and were great marketers."
Thursday, June 18, 2015 Meet the African king with 100 wives
Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. They weren't all his to start with. According to local tradition, when a fon dies, his successor inherits all his wives and then marries his own queens. He inherited 72 of the women from his late father. He has also taken on over 500 children from all of his wives. "The queens have a great role to play in the fondom," notes Prince Nickson, also of Bafut, noting that it is up to these women behind the man to shape him in his kingly role.
"Behind every successful man must be a very successful, staunch woman," says Abumbi's third wife, Queen Constance. "Our tradition has it that when you are king, the elderly wives remain to hand down the tradition to the younger wives, and also to teach the king the tradition because the king had been a prince, not a king."
Despite the fact that polygamy is legal in Cameroon, the data shows that there are far fewer polygamous marriages across the African continent. The practice is being challenged by changing values, the spread of the Christian faith, the growing appeal of the western way of life but also the rising costs of having large families. It is against this backdrop that Cameroon's traditional rulers must walk the fine line between two often conflicting cultures.
"During colonialism other values came in, of governance, different from the traditional values we had and therefore there is this constant conflict between the traditional values and modern western values," admits Fon Abumbi II, who has ruled Bafut, the largest fondom in the region, for 47 years.
Some of the king's wives "My role is to blend them, to find the way forward so my subjects can enjoy the fruits of development and modernity without destroying their culture. Without a culture, you are not a human being, you are an animal. And therefore the chieftaincy institution is the guarantor of our culture." "I understand that we might be quick to judge the lifestyle of the kings, but just like in the United Kingdom, African kingdoms and kings are bound to a rich culture and history. (Practices) like inheritance of all your father's wives is nothing but a moral obligation." On meeting the queens of Fon Ndofua Zofia II of Babungo -- one of Cameroon's youngest traditional rulers -- Methu CNN correspondent said: "All his young wives, forced on him by tradition, spoke fluent English in a French-speaking region and were great marketers."
His palace It is this seeming contradiction that makes life in the fondom fascinating and confusing. Are they stuck in the past or keeping pace with the present? Fon Zofoa III doesn't think you have to choose. He may have "inherited" 72 wives and more than 500 children after his father's death, but he considers himself a very modern king.
"To run a kingdom nowadays in this era, you must be educated because things are moving very fast. Like they used to say, education is light, ignorance is darkness." Source: CNN  missKiffy: Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. They weren't all his to start with. According to local tradition, when a fon dies, his successor inherits all his wives and then marries his own queens. He inherited 72 of the women from his late father. He has also taken on over 500 children from all of his wives. "The queens have a great role to play in the fondom," notes Prince Nickson, also of Bafut, noting that it is up to these women behind the man to shape him in his kingly role.
"Behind every successful man must be a very successful, staunch woman," says Abumbi's third wife, Queen Constance.
"Our tradition has it that when you are king, the elderly wives remain to hand down the tradition to the younger wives, and also to teach the king the tradition because the king had been a prince, not a king."
Despite the fact that polygamy is legal in Cameroon, the data shows that there are far fewer polygamous marriages across the African continent. The practice is being challenged by changing values, the spread of the Christian faith, the growing appeal of the western way of life but also the rising costs of having large families. It is against this backdrop that Cameroon's traditional rulers must walk the fine line between two often conflicting cultures.
"During colonialism other values came in, of governance, different from the traditional values we had and therefore there is this constant conflict between the traditional values and modern western values," admits Fon Abumbi II, who has ruled Bafut, the largest fondom in the region, for 47 years.
Thursday, June 18, 2015 Meet the African king with 100 wives
Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. They weren't all his to start with. According to local tradition, when a fon dies, his successor inherits all his wives and then marries his own queens. He inherited 72 of the women from his late father. He has also taken on over 500 children from all of his wives. "The queens have a great role to play in the fondom," notes Prince Nickson, also of Bafut, noting that it is up to these women behind the man to shape him in his kingly role.
"Behind every successful man must be a very successful, staunch woman," says Abumbi's third wife, Queen Constance. "Our tradition has it that when you are king, the elderly wives remain to hand down the tradition to the younger wives, and also to teach the king the tradition because the king had been a prince, not a king."
Despite the fact that polygamy is legal in Cameroon, the data shows that there are far fewer polygamous marriages across the African continent. The practice is being challenged by changing values, the spread of the Christian faith, the growing appeal of the western way of life but also the rising costs of having large families. It is against this backdrop that Cameroon's traditional rulers must walk the fine line between two often conflicting cultures.
"During colonialism other values came in, of governance, different from the traditional values we had and therefore there is this constant conflict between the traditional values and modern western values," admits Fon Abumbi II, who has ruled Bafut, the largest fondom in the region, for 47 years. Some of the king's wives "My role is to blend them, to find the way forward so my subjects can enjoy the fruits of development and modernity without destroying their culture. Without a culture, you are not a human being, you are an animal. And therefore the chieftaincy institution is the guarantor of our culture." "I understand that we might be quick to judge the lifestyle of the kings, but just like in the United Kingdom, African kingdoms and kings are bound to a rich culture and history. (Practices) like inheritance of all your father's wives is nothing but a moral obligation." On meeting the queens of Fon Ndofua Zofia II of Babungo -- one of Cameroon's youngest traditional rulers -- Methu CNN correspondent said: "All his young wives, forced on him by tradition, spoke fluent English in a French-speaking region and were great marketers."
Thursday, June 18, 2015 Meet the African king with 100 wives
Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. They weren't all his to start with. According to local tradition, when a fon dies, his successor inherits all his wives and then marries his own queens. He inherited 72 of the women from his late father. He has also taken on over 500 children from all of his wives. "The queens have a great role to play in the fondom," notes Prince Nickson, also of Bafut, noting that it is up to these women behind the man to shape him in his kingly role.
"Behind every successful man must be a very successful, staunch woman," says Abumbi's third wife, Queen Constance. "Our tradition has it that when you are king, the elderly wives remain to hand down the tradition to the younger wives, and also to teach the king the tradition because the king had been a prince, not a king."
Despite the fact that polygamy is legal in Cameroon, the data shows that there are far fewer polygamous marriages across the African continent. The practice is being challenged by changing values, the spread of the Christian faith, the growing appeal of the western way of life but also the rising costs of having large families. It is against this backdrop that Cameroon's traditional rulers must walk the fine line between two often conflicting cultures.
"During colonialism other values came in, of governance, different from the traditional values we had and therefore there is this constant conflict between the traditional values and modern western values," admits Fon Abumbi II, who has ruled Bafut, the largest fondom in the region, for 47 years.
Some of the king's wives "My role is to blend them, to find the way forward so my subjects can enjoy the fruits of development and modernity without destroying their culture. Without a culture, you are not a human being, you are an animal. And therefore the chieftaincy institution is the guarantor of our culture." "I understand that we might be quick to judge the lifestyle of the kings, but just like in the United Kingdom, African kingdoms and kings are bound to a rich culture and history. (Practices) like inheritance of all your father's wives is nothing but a moral obligation." On meeting the queens of Fon Ndofua Zofia II of Babungo -- one of Cameroon's youngest traditional rulers -- Methu CNN correspondent said: "All his young wives, forced on him by tradition, spoke fluent English in a French-speaking region and were great marketers."
His palace It is this seeming contradiction that makes life in the fondom fascinating and confusing. Are they stuck in the past or keeping pace with the present? Fon Zofoa III doesn't think you have to choose. He may have "inherited" 72 wives and more than 500 children after his father's death, but he considers himself a very modern king.
"To run a kingdom nowadays in this era, you must be educated because things are moving very fast. Like they used to say, education is light, ignorance is darkness." Source: CNN SO? Is it against his tradition or customs? Are you not aware that this is africa? Op go and sleep abeg! |
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