Foremost Nigerian thespian, Kanayo O. Kanayo whose real name is Anayo Modestus Onyekwere has expressed his opinion about monogamy.
In a recent episode of Nedu’s Honest Bunch podcast, the veteran Nollywood actor mentioned that he doesn’t believe in monogamy because it is alien to African culture.
Kanayo maintained that monogamy is a borrowed culture.
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“I don’t believe in one wife. It is not our culture. It is not our tradition. It is not who we are. These are imported things,” he expressed.
The veteran Nigerian actor claimed he never knew about divorce until he relocated to Lagos from the South East.
According to him, the Igbo man prefers to die in marriage than divorce.
“I never knew anything about divorce until we came to Lagos. The Igbo man prefers to die in the marriage than divorcing,” he said.
The actor is publicly known to be married to one wife; Nneka Onyekwere.