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Apart from traditional relationships which are of course mostly heterosexual, is Africa ready to embrace other types of unions or are we too caught up in our culture?
Manuel Mathsion
We ain’t open to any other and it ain’t because we caught up with culture be we have to hold our culture high enough of adapting others culture
Wanjeri Thea
Yes! 🙁
Flossin Mauwano
First of all, Africa is not a country or one demography that can be generalised. However, for the purpose of this question, this is what I think:
We can not fully embrace or reject open relationships like polyandry and polyamory. This is because, just like any other place, country or continent, there are people who support and those against it.
Most of the current socially-accepted relationship (heterosexual), is heavily based on the bible which was imported from the white west.
That alone says that Africa must have had all these relationships in the past until the whites through colonisation and evangelism came and canceled our thinking and way of life.
BK Kwesi
Africa is a deeply religious continent which means our values are based on either christianity or religion, both of which condemn open relationships. At least islam allows several wives but is still discriminatory because this only applies to men and now women. In short, we are not there yet.
Ian Ngugi
We are not ready at all! 🙁
Phanice Wamukota
We are not where other continents like America maybe but we are not where we used to be a couple of years back. There has been positive progress if you want to look at it that way. If you took social media, for example, people are now more open to express who they are and the masses are more receptive and less judgy. Religion aside, We are slowly molding the things we want to believe in and embrace. I would, therefore, say that this generation is paving the way for the other types of unions as the older generation slowly phases out. With time, these unions will be considered normal!
Ian Ngugi
You are right but I don’t like how we compare development with human rights. One may think education is supposed to solve such but no! We have to wait until we get to that level. It’s not our time yet.
Daisy Mwikali
Africa is not a country!