₦airaland Forum

Under-Age Marriage: A Chronic Disease Up-North

The bride is an under-aged girl who should be enjoying her prime by going to school, "gossiping" while coming back from Islamiya, sharing dreams and fantasies etc...but she is now on a forceful journey to the "OTHER ROOM" where her fate was probably sealed from birth. Her dreams of becoming the first female medical doctor in her village is thwarted, she is a commodity that can be sold at any time, she has no voice, the society tells her who she is and not what God made her to be, Religion reinforces that myth, thus! She has to marry Mr Usman at 13years to fulfill Pseudo-Religious fallacy and man's immoral desires.
First child, Second child, Mr Usman can barely place food on the table, he beats her at every slightest provocation, she is tired, she is wounded, her soul yearn for freedom, but she cannot go back to the people that sold her into slavery. She is eternally condemned a house-slave. Mr Usman on the other hand has gotten a gift from Alhaji Politician after the last election, instead of sending Abdul and Aisha to school, his next move is to marry another wife (after all Religion expects him to marry at least 4).
The family becomes a refugee camp. Hunger, disease, illiteracy etc becomes synonymous to the family name. Abdul has no option but to become the man of the house at a tender age by engaging in hard labour. Aisha has to start buying cloths and jewelries from her Kunu business in preparation for marriage because that's what Mama and Baba wants...hmmm
Elections are over, no more political gifts, Mr Usman is getting tired of life, Alhaji Politician doesn't allow him near his gate nor the compound, Usman has no viable business or investment to fall back to. His Goro business collapsed because he was busy shouting "Sai Baba! Chanji!". His only consolation now is the " OTHER ROOM"...hmmm
....To be Continued...

This is sad.

HungerBAD:
This is sad.

Very sad bro...that's the painful reality of my people.

If only the young girl was married to be cared for and pampered. But instead she's married to face child labour, used as sex material forced to serve and worship senior wives, restricted from friendship and prepared to take in a junior wife in d next few years.

There's no civilization in that culture at all. Even the president is not as civilized as the vice all in d name of being Hausa.