While visiting Alexander, a number of Africans came in. Their hair dos were a sight to behold. Masses of braids whirling all over the place - and I thought Western people spend too much time on their hair.
One lady opened a handkerchief and poured out gold-looking jewellery with prices such as N250, N1500 started floating between the women. I didn’t believe it was gold as it looked so bright and cheap but I learned later than different parts of the world prefer different looking gold so most likely it was genuine. On the way, I said that the women should be careful as we’d been warned about risky deals over gold and that we should only deal with recognised dealers. I nearly flipped when the saleswoman came into the house. I wondered if she was the second wife that I’ve been hearing about. So far I’d only seen the one who goes out with him all the time. This one seems to prefer the kitchen.
I’m fascinated by their situation as I’ve been told he has two wives and he is a Christian. I’ve asked a Muslim teacher about Edwin’s wives and I was told that Christianity has many doctrines and, depending on your doctrine, you could have one wife, many wives or no wife at all. I asked what these doctrines were and my friend said, “Oh they are such as Catholic, Baptist etc.” I wonder if my Catholic and Baptist friends know of these broader horizons that are available to them?
