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It Is UnAfrican For A Man To Kneel While Proposing To A Woman – Kanayo O Kanayo
Nigerian actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo has stated that it is wrong for an African man to kneel while proposing to a woman he plans to marry.
The movie star made this known via his Instagram page on Tuesday August 18, 2020. According to him, it is not in Africa’s culture for a man to kneel while proposing to a woman insisting that it is an act copied from the western world.
“I’m an African and I stand with Pete Edochie on what he said. It is unAfrican today to kneel down to propose to a woman. I’m an African to that level like we always preach, it is not all you see on television that you copy,” he said.
“It is an Instagram life style, it doesn’t stop you from living it, live it the way you want it, we are not also saying you must live with us in our stone age” because when we talk about that, some people who think they are more intelligent than us tell us we are coming from the stone age. Don’t worry, have your technology age, but it is not part of our culture,” he said.
Kanayo’s statement is coming months after his colleague, Pete Edochie’s comment on the same topic went viral. The movie veteran had likened the kneeling to propose as a taboo.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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