{"id":192491,"date":"2024-06-24T08:03:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T08:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/i-dont-believe-in-having-one-wife-its-an-imported-concept\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T08:03:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T08:03:12","slug":"i-dont-believe-in-having-one-wife-its-an-imported-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/i-dont-believe-in-having-one-wife-its-an-imported-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"I Don\u2019t Believe In Having One Wife, It\u2019s An Imported Concept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Veteran actor Kanayo O. Kanayo has discussed his opinions on monogamy, saying that he thinks it is against African culture and tradition to have just one wife.<\/p>\n<p>He voiced his preference for polygamy, pointing out that monogamy is an imported concept.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI don\u2019t believe in one wife. It is not our culture. It is not our tradition. It is not who we are. These are imported things,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> he expressed.<\/p>\n<p>Kanayo stated this in an interview with Nedu for the Honest Bunch podcast that was shared on X Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The actor disclosed that he was unfamiliar with the concept of divorce until he relocated to Lagos from the southeast, and that in Igbo culture, men would rather endure a troubled marriage than opt for divorce.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI never knew anything about divorce until we came to Lagos. The Igbo man prefers to die in the marriage than divorcing,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> he said.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: \u201cI\u2019ll Continue Acting Even In My 90s\u201d \u2013 Kanayo O. Kanayo<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Kanayo\u2019s marriage to Nneka Onyekwere is well-known to the public as a long-term union.<\/p>\n<p>SEE VIDEO:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C8jkVgPtRlX\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran actor Kanayo O. Kanayo has discussed his opinions on monogamy, saying that he thinks it is against African culture and tradition to have just one wife. He voiced his preference for polygamy, pointing out that monogamy is an imported concept. \u201cI don\u2019t believe in one wife. It is not our culture. It is not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nollywood"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I Don\u2019t Believe In Having One Wife, It\u2019s An Imported Concept - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/24\/i-dont-believe-in-having-one-wife-its-an-imported-concept\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I Don\u2019t Believe In Having One Wife, It\u2019s An Imported Concept - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Veteran actor Kanayo O. 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