From wife stealing to women having multiple sex partners, the age-old customs of the Wodaabe tribe

Novieku Babatunde Adeola December 01, 2019
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Marriage and childbearing

After a bride becomes pregnant for her husband, it is forbidden for her husband to see her in that state. She goes to her mother and delivers the baby who is called “boofeydo”, which literally means ‘someone who has committed an error’.

During this period, every form of contact between husband and wife is prohibited until after two or three years later. The husband only has access to his wife when her mother has secured all the items that are necessary for her to move home.

Last Edited by:Kent Mensah Updated: December 1, 2019

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