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We are a family
"At around seven or eight o'clock, the parents would take their children to the child-house and put them to bed - and then they would leave. So we had a concept of parents, but we didn't see our parents as much as a normal child would. We often said we were a bit messed up. The fact is that I spent my time with the same group of people for eighteen years. And I spent more time with them than I spent with my family! I think it can be great to grow up like this if you are popular within the group. But if you are unpopular it can be a nightmare, because there is nowhere to escape." Ibrahim Dosara from Nigeria has two wives, and because he's a Muslim, he may take up to two more - provided he can treat them all equally: "It is based on division of labour. When I took the two wives, I decided that I would spend two days with each one. I spend two days with the first wife - so she is the 'pilot' of the house for the two days - cooking, eating, sharing love with me....she is to do it for two days. And after that, then the second wife will take over. There is no bad feeling. They share everything. When one is sick, the other one will be with her, treating her. When one travels, the other one will take care of all the children, including the ones that are not hers. This shows that they are one, and they love one another. And that is the basis of the peaceful coexistence that exists in this family." But Fidelis Folefack from Cameroon offers a thought on what any family, anywhere, ought to be like.... "In a world of great diversity like ours, it is important to note that there are common grounds when it comes to dealing with human issues. Everything being equal, we human beings have all got the same five senses. Thus, a true family should be one in which everyone is ready and willing to give a helping hand when and where the need arises. And then, starting from our own microscopic families, the world itself becomes one big family." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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