WHY ARE YOUR KNEES SO BADLY BRUISED?
WHY ARE YOUR KNEES SO BADLY BRUISED? The Chinese bride, just as the Yoruba bride, must prove on the night of the wedding that she has not dishonored the family. What happens among the Yoruba and the Chinese on the night of the wedding? Let’s call the bride Agbeke and the groom Agbaje. After the wedding ceremony is over, Agbeke is led to the nuptial bedchamber by her bridal train. Her family, friends and the entire community who came for the wedding hang around to watch what would happen next. Anike, one of Agbeke’s young aunties, stands vigil by the door of the nuptial bedchamber. …
