Let me rephrase this:
Women cooking for men is not an act of servitude in Africa as is peddled by leftism. In the original African context, food is not just about fill, it is a bridge to community. We have sacrificed our wealth already, why must we sacrifice our identity too?
Women cooking for men is not an act of servitude in Africa as is peddled by leftism. In the original African context, food is not just about fill, it is a bridge to community. We have sacrificed our wealth already, why must we sacrifice our identity too?
https://twitter.com/XivTroy/status/1341049002448609283
The funny thing is we are sacrificing it for the proclivities of communities that lack grounded identity. There's no white identity. There's no African American identity. But there is the African identity. Yet it's us that act like we have no identity. They should be emulating us
In America, chicken is just chicken. You eat it & sleep. That's why they won't stop eating. They eat morning to night. Nonstop. But in Africa, food is an opportunity for community. Every action seeks community. When we meet, when the women cook, it is not the act, but the symbol.
Achebe says, "when we (Africans) gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so."
Our actions are not isolated affairs. They serve a greater purpose.
Our actions are not isolated affairs. They serve a greater purpose.
So a man that seeks a wife that cooks, seeks community. He is a good man. And more often than not, a proper provider. He seeks a woman to complement him. This man will go to heaven. And will realize great wealth. The African man whose house has a cooking timetable, God save him!
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