Abami eda fourth son, saxophonist Seun Kuti, made
his point clearer that he doesn't believe in marriage, according to him, Nigerian
women are no longer submissive. Read below his new interview with Encomium magazine:
"I don't believe in marriage. The truth is, the marriage
institution in Nigeria has collapsed. Nobody is getting married for long
anymore. On the average, it's within a year. Although they still marry, they
separate. The thing responsible for it is that people get married for the wrong
reasons. As a matter of fact, the institution of marriage is fading away in the
traditional sense of marriage - for love; for better or worse; and all sort.
It's fading because women are no longer submissive.
For you to live together with someone for life, someone must be
submissive. That is easier when women are not working, and they depend on their
husband. But now, its becoming difficult because they are working; making more
money even more than the men. The situation is terrible. Even if you as a man
is not looking outside, your wife will look.
I've made a decision and my partner already agreed. In fact there was a
wedding we went attended in Ibadan, the couple broke up at the reception.
Because of picture, the bride's father wanted to take first, the groom's father
said No and they started quarrelling. The couple broke up at the reception. How
about that?
About my father marrying 27 wives, if you look deep, you will discover
that in 1986 my father divorced all his wives. People seem to forget this fact.
It also goes to buttress my point that says marriage is becoming a fading
institution. Fela was the epitome of marriage. First, he married one woman,
then he married 26 at once. He has experienced both, and later he came out to
say marriage is bad. What about that?" He said
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