19/08/2025
You see I think western countries are trying to catch up with African native civilization but we don’t see it.
Surrogacy
Adoption
IVF
Traditionally we had African ways of doing these things.
In a marriage, if it a couple are having fertility issues pre colonial Igbo land, there will be means of checking who was at fault.
First the woman will “Zopu nje m” around among close family members and see if she gets pregnant. If she does, then it is an indication that the husband is the infetile one. So she keeps I zopu nje m to birth as many children as possible for her husband to keep his name going.
Then if the woman zopu nje m and still is not getting pregnant, it is an indication that the fault could be hers. So by agreement she goes to marry a surrogate for her husband. This new woman’s job is to birth children for her and her husband and the first wife cares of the family as mama nnukwu.
In cases where the man and woman are both incapable of having children they can scout around and marry a woman who already have children at home and they adopt the children. And they even encourage the new wife to zoputu njem and birth one or two for the family as well.
You see this system worked so well for our families.
This is why when some Igbo men hyperventilate about DNA these days I want to ask them to first confirm they are from where they think they came from. But I don’t know how to say it in a way that pleases the Lord🫠
Our traditional systems had structure and fineness until someone came and felt westernized ways were the best.
Feel free to argue about this 🤓
