Oh my goodness!! It’s my first time to leave a comment on concreteloop! and to top it all off, I’m FIRST!!

It’s certainly not true that all Africans believe in Polygamy. Just because he grew up in such a household does’nt mean that everyone is living that way. In most parts of Africa polygamy is none existent and prohibited. He should get his facts staight before he starts talking s%#&!
Yola,South Africa

I feel you Yola.

I’m from South Africa too and not every household practises polygamy.

My father had two wives and his brother had 4 wives. Things have changed though, you don’t find guys having many wives anymore, at least not from my family anymore.

Yeah what Yola said!!

Akon needs to stop with the SWEEPING generalisations.

Hmm only 2 comments!!

I guess the AFRICAN Americans aren’t particularly interested in this issue…..can we figure beyonce into the mix!!!!

*wandsworth shakes head*

This is the problem…
Beyonce is more important than issues concerning the diaspora

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For y’all that dont know
Diaspora: A dispersion of a people from their original homeland.

Yeah Angel, you are right, I do have something to say to Akon. He must stop generalising. We have so many and different cultures in Africa and what works for one particular person doesn’t work for another, even if you fall under the same cultural boundaries or beliefs or system. Basically, it’s what floats your boat.

*SIGH*

Akon seriously needs to shut the f*ck up with that mess!
he has an opportunity to educate peoples who know little or nothing about africa and africans and he what does he do?! he encourages foolish stereotypes and starts peddling dumb ass generalisations about us and how we do.

NOT ALL AFRICANS PRACTICE POLYGAMY.

damn akon!

He should defineitely not generalize people don’t know enough about Africa as it is, and it seems that he may be one of them. lol. There are plenty of culture that do not practice it.

Some of the reasons why it’s on the decline is because the shifting economy and the changing roles of women. Even when certain groups want to practice polygamy they find can’t afford it. Plus women weren’t allowed to get educations or work outside of the family. More and more women have to work in order to support their families and women are getting more opportunities to go to school, thus decreasing their need to find a husband to support them.

As for his situation in the ATL, more power to him - he can afford it! Most dudes now a days complain that you’re a goldigger if you ask them to take you out to eat let alone support more than one famiily. Can you imagine the health insurance alone would be bananas.

Me personally I could never share someone I truly love, I’d want to give 100% and would need to receive 100%. But I guess there are some chicks who can live with it and aparently Akon found ‘em,

the more the merrier

u can hav 6000000 wives if ur making alot of money by selling alot of records and singing hooks on other people’s songs (needless to say he can only afford to hav 2 on his meager income lol)

anyway i dun hav a prob w/ polygamy, if thats ur culture wuh right do we have to come in and look down on them??

and he does need to get his facts str8t there are over 7,000 cultures/tribes in africa (according to my anthropology teacher) anyway now he’s gonna make a gross generalization about everyone of them??

Am African and looking at my lineage..my parents & their parents & their parents parents..weren’t practising polygamy. Such practices were not always existent and even then, they are slowly fading out.

As pinkcashmerelee said, he should use such opportunities to educate people who dont know much about Africa and not encourage the stereotyping of African’s

Yeah cause on my wedding day my African husband bought along his other 6 wives to watch. And his mama bought his dads other wives for the day too. HA I aint a fan of Akon and I definately am not now. ALL Africans - whatever. And all white people are racists too. huh. ha ha.

As well as behaving as though he’s the first and only person to ever go to prison, he’s now acting like he’s the one and only African in the Western world. He’s making us sound so primitive. Use your cultural knowledge for good, for goodness sake!!

First who the hell would want to see an Akon DVD. He ain’t hardly that interesting to me.
Nasty old bastard. He needs to realize he is not in Africa anymore, so if he does have 4 wives, it’s illegal. And not all Africans have many wives, so he is stereotyping, too.

Akon’s doing what he knows will get him into the news, and we can’t hate him for that (we must just pray he doesn’t get himself infected with HIV). Anyone with half a brain knows that!

As an African, I know some people practice polygamy and that’s alright, I personally wouldn’t. Some things we shouldn’t take so seriously!

On a completely unrelated subject, what’s up with all the Genevieve Jones buzz?

‘Scuse me, but could we really put things in perspective. When someone generalizes, why can’t the reader take it for what it is. You cannot speak for all of any race or group of people, because you don’t know everyone in a group or class. No one can speak for everyone, don’t we know that already? Don’t get your panties in a wad, keep your shirt on. People speak about what they know. No one cannot possibly say all black people, all Chinese, all politicians, all Republicans and mean it. What they mean is the ones they know. Use your intelligence. Nobody knows everybody, and we know that. Generalizing all into a category is kinda ignorant and getting pissed off about it is even moreso. If you’re African and you know that not to be the case, then he obviously ain’t talking about you, right? Does Akon KNOW every African? No.

I think I just lost my apetite.

ITS NOT TRUE THAT ALL AFRICANS PRACTISE POLYGAMY I STRONGLY DISAGREE..I MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT THE WHOLE OF AFRICA…BUT IN SOUTH AFRICA THE PRACTICE IS SLOWLY WITHERING…I KNOW ONLY A FEW SUCH FAMILIES..

HEY BOUGA WSUP…

I read this a few days ago on some blog…and all I have to say is the more power to them. If these women want to marry a man with 4-6 wives hey what can u say…really who cares?lol

I mean alot of women share the same dude, know about each other, and then have kids by the guy. The biggest difference is they don’t have a wedding ring…

Co-sign with 5. After hearing this, I will never cop any CD he’s affiliated with. His comments are disgusting.

Of course Akon doesn’t know every one, so he mustn’t speak for everyone especially when AFRICANS are already so heavily stereotyped. Many people {including black americans as much as other races} continue to refer to Africa as if it were a country, assume that we are uneducated, live in huts and play with elephants!!!! Personally I am SO SICK of being asked ignorant questions.
A person in his postion has alot of responsibility to educate and elimate these harmful stereotypes. Instead, he chooses to further create more outrageous generalisations.

Now don’t get me wrong I’m not saying all Africans practice polygamy…we all know that is some bullshyt but I’m not surprised that some people (including all nationalities) wanna practice polygamy.

Alot of people subconsciously do it anyways…

I have been dealing with a guy who is African for about three years. I have been around his friends who are also African. Even though they are not marry to all of these females, it seems like they all have a wife but also have their girlfriends on the side and the wives know about these females. you might as well say they are practicing polygamy in their own way. Matter affect alot of Americans are doing the samething as well!

My ex was African and I can definitely say that Akon’s comments are the most offensive…I know my ex’s family were definitely not into polygamy and totally would be offended by his ignorance.

multi-monogamous?
GTFOH.
i wonder if “i’m part african” will become an excuse for cheating the way “glaucoma” became one for smoking weed….

Bouga:

You are CUTE!!!

He needs to shut up! I’m African and I feel insulted for him making such a stupid generalization. I was raised in a Christian household so how in the hell would I practice polygamy? He needs to stop making excuses for his behavior and fess up to being irresponsible…dumbass!

This is sad and it is good that other Africans are that have commented has disspelled this untruth.

I’ve heard stuff like this before but honestly what woman would want to share her man like that. Then the mom’s are like best friends. I couldn’t imagine living like that. Call me selfish but I want my man all to myself.

How many people actually listened to the interview instead of just going off of what Angel wrote?

I listened to the miss Info interview over the weekend and he NEVER said ALL AFRICANS practice polygamy….HE NEVER SAID THAT.
He said it is known to be a part of the culture “BUT NOT EVERYONE PRACTICES IT!”

Whether its because of his culture or religion I don’t have a problem with him having more than one wife. To those that said oh he’s in America and callin him a nasty bastard that shows that if we had the chance we would probably do exactly what Europeans did the blacks in the slave trade. We were the barbaric ones with our many gods, dark skin, strange language and different cultural practices.
You may not agree with someone’s culture but it is quite imperialistic to say he should not be able to practice it.
As for being illegal. I’m sure that he isn’t legally married to more than one person, probably just his 1st wife (if at all legally), but they all know that they are his wives and he also acknowleges that.

I am not African, I’m not a polygamist and neither am I Muslim but some of the intolerant opinions here…anyways what did I expect its CL lol

#13 I feel ya I read 2 articles about Genevieve Jones “rise thru the ranks of fashion”

A black it girl without a trust fund…interesting. I wonder how much long she will last of if she will snag the endorsement deal she is hoping for….who knows but if I heard about her she def. has buzz.

Yea, I heard him say that he is praticing a similar belief in ATL w/ his gf and Angie asked him if the woman was from Africa and he said, “No, she’s from South Carolina”….it was on the Miss Info Podcast of the Angie M. interview. Also, Miss Info made a good point—-polygamy is illegal in the US, so he might have serveral girlfriends, but NOT several wives!

***I am not African, but I hope that for his sake, he was just kidding when he said “all Africans believe in it—unless they found an American woman first….*** that is VERY general, Akon! lol

But, I am African American and I know that I hate it when ppl generalize about “us” (I know that African American is African, but I mean to say that I was not born there, have never been there—but would like to visit somewhere in Africa—-and that I am not a citizen of Africa)— so I can see why this is so upsetting to many.

I thought Akon was Haitian.

Anyway, he’s just trying to extend his 21 minutes of fame. Since he got some coins, let him do what he do. In ten years will be a legend? Probably not.

At least he marry the women instead of having a bunch of baby mommas, but above all, it’s consentual.

Isn’t polygamy illegal in the US?

To everyone saying that Akon is “generalizing”:

I’m sitting here thinking, first cannibalism and now polygamy! Damn, what’s next? I agree that Akon shouldn’t make ‘generalizations’, but my ancestors are starting to scare the $#!T outta me!

You see, when there is polygamy, there is usually incest! And, where there is incest, there is child abuse! Polygamy is the fire that fuels the spread of deseases like HIV!

Apartheid and AIDS hit our people harder than any other place in the world! It sounds like you need money to hold down multiple wives!

There are people in Utah who practice pologamy! They make up only a small portion of the Morman community and they are considered to be outcast! Nonetheless, they are alive and well and other Mormans all know about it as well as the rest of the world.

Why should we minimizes their existance? The Morman church rarely addresses their problem! Catholics try to hide the rape of alter boys by the priest! Why is it human nature to pretend that problems don’t exist and that they will just go away…but they don’t go away without confrontation and exposure!

So, what other dirty little practices are there in the Motherland? Voodoo? Sacrafices? Beasting? Gang rapes? I’m glad to hear Bouga say that things are getting better and not the way rumors portray, but damn, I thank God that He saw fit to bring a remnant of us to America!

Now, we’re not saints here in America either! And, Katrina was a wake-up call and curse to black people whether we admit it or not! Thank God, there are some good things to come from tragedies and disasters, but there are some things that we can do for ourselves. One thing we can do is to expose the truth about cultural sickness and abuses!

Everyone says that Akon is making ‘generalizations’ and in the next breath, most people speak of personal experience or knowledge of family members who practiced polygamy!

I’ve heard of more cases just this morning, than I ever seen growing up! I’m kinda shocked, but disappointed with the contradictions of first-hand knowledge and exposure! I’d rather hear that things are being done to end the pactice than hearing that Akon is overstating the exception and not the rule!

Developing…

To kuliokat (#19). I Was born in america, my parents the west indies and america and I Consider myself an African person first and foremost.

I HATE when our people say “OH I’m not African, I’m American or I’m BLACK” You never see an Asian person saying “Oh I’m not asian, I’m Yellow” They are obviously Asian, NO MATTER WHERE they were BORN. Anyone can LOOK at me and know that my great great great parents are from AFRICA. Unfortunately I dont know which country for obvious reasons.

And I FEEL you, I would NEVER ask you such silly questions. And actually it pisses me off as well when people joke about their own ancestry.

And AKON can do whatever he wants with his 20 GIRLFRIENDS. Thats his biz…He Didnt say All Africans practice polygamy. Listen to the audio folks.

This is just an excuse for him to be a ‘ho.

#27 please do yourself a favor and listen to the interview which is posted on the angie martinez podcast section. brotha man said LOUD n CLEAR ‘all AFRICANS…i know cos im african’

My dad practice “polygny” and he has two wives. We all grew up together, and respect each other. I really don’t have a problem with it if it’s done right. I also don’t see what the big deal is, because most of my America uncles are married and have girlfriends on the side or had one or two or sometimes three and all of the girlfriends knew they were married.

Alot of women want to pretend they can’t take polygny, but after finding their husbands cheating they don’t leave them. We call that polygny without responsiblity.

Also, we find the societies in Africa that practice “polygny” and not “polygamy” have the lowest Aids rate. They did a study and found that most men here in the United States like 90% if they could get away with being a polygynist would marry more then two wives. Oh! life in the West…it’s more to it then meets the eye. This explains the affairs, the growing sexual transmitted diseases.

I’m from Senegal where polygny is the norm, and Senegal just happens to be a country where Aids is relatively unheard of. They did a PBS special about it.

http://www.pbs.org/newsho...jan-june01/aids_5-17.html
http://www.newsrx.com/new...05-03/050320043332AW.html

Meatloaf is Bill Cosby…LOL!

Kidding. I respect your thoughts.

Now stop giving women drug-laced muffins…LOL!

I have dated several men that are African and none of them believed that. I guess different strokes for different folks, but he shouldn’t say ALL AFRICANS believe something.

I agree that some people are jumping to conclusions, and saying that they’ll stop supporting him is a bit harsh. And Bonifant is right. He never said all Africans PRACTICE polygamy. He said, “All Africans believe in it.” That’s when Angie says, “You can’t say all.” He then says, Naw, they all BELIEVE in it. Trust me. I know.”

He made a sweeping generalization and that was dumb as hell on his part. But people have to look at the source. Akon is not a scholar and he said nothing less ignorant than 99% of the rappers out there say on 99% of their records. Even Cam’ron, Dame Dash and I believe Jim Jones went on national TV (Bill O’Reilly Factor) and was talking about how all blacks do this and that and how all whites are such and such. (This was some time last year).

Anyway, my point is that we are quick to condemn artists for saying dumb things in an interview but then we’ll be in the club shaking our asses to “Get Low” from the Ying Yang Twins. Although Akon’s statements are just as offensive, he is speaking from his individual experience. Like someone else said, Akon can’t possibly speak for every African because he’s not every African. He can only speak for himself. But let’s not all rally to boycott Akon just because he’s perpetuating yet another stereotype when we still shake that ass to music just because it has a good beat.

If you really hate generalizations, be just as quick to condemn artists when they say the same type of ignorant sh!t on their records. When the next rapper decides to yell “Beyotches and hoes love money and clothes” get your picket signs ready.

The Ying Yang Twins made a lot of bullshit records, but “Get Low” wasn’t one of them that was Li’l Jon and the Eastside Boyz. And yes, I did shake my ass to it in the club that beat was ridiculous. But yeah, I was ashamed of myself.
Y’all killing me with the self-righteous American bias…Like black men in this country don’t practice polygamy. Like they don’t have girls on the side and other FAMILIES. Certainly not all, but enough to make it pretty common.
In my experience, I’d say just about every African brother I’ve come into contact with who lives in this country esp. if they are 30 plus has a wife there and a woman or wife here, too. My girlfriend married an African, my braider was African, my mother’s man of 20 years is African, so I have some experience. It’s not like its uncommon. I don’t know what Akon said, but there it is.

^ My bad MissTee. I guess I need to email Yahoo and tell them to stop giving the Ying Yangs credit for “Get Low” also. Thanks for the correction. smh.

Boooo hooooo! Awww, the babies wanna cry because Akon is generalizing. Give me a break! I have to agree with Ms Mac1. Next time a rapper generalizes and disrespects females I hope you’ll have the same energy towards them as well.

NOT SURPRISED…NEXT

Angel.la said:
*Wednesday: October 4, 2006
AKON BELIEVES/PRACTICES POLYGAMY

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Akon recently sat down with Angie Martinez of Hot 97 and talked about growing up in a household that practiced polygamy. He said his father had about 4 wives, and he knew them all as his mom. According to him, ALL Africans believe in polygamy. I know Bouga is going to have something to say about that!

According to VIBE CONFIDENTIAL, Akon also admitted that he was running his own ‘multi-monogamous’ household down in the Atlanta. But I guess they snipped out that part in the interview I listened to, because I didn’t hear him say that.

Bill Said:
Polygamy is illegal in The United States Right ???

Why is Akron stating that he has a Multi monogamous household in Atlanta ? That is a dumb that to say..Does he want the Fed’s to visit his house ???

Some people say things just to get attention.

I have difficulty believing that Akron has the ability to ATTRACT more than one woman at a time…He isn’t the most attractive person in the world, and he says dumb things..

Why people continue to put their personnel business out like that is beyond me…..

This is all so dumb..
I have difficulty maintaing ONE relationship…
I ain’t trying to have 5 wives & 50 children…
That a very expensive propatition, and a LOT of energy expanded !!.
I couldn’t imagine making love to five different women in one week.

Man, African Men has a lot of energy & mojo…
I’m getting tired just thinking about this subject !

I don’t agree with polygamy(Akon is gross)but if you think about it, it’s going on in urban areas (and suburbs for that matter) all the time. How many men do you know that have 2 or more baby momma’s? The only difference is that he hasn’t married them and probably never will. He continues to jump from one baby momma to the next…that’s just nasty ya’ll!!!

Sizzle:

Chile, you are right…. These Baby Mama dramas is the SAME thing…..all of it aint nothing but the devil

on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 @ 11:35 am

Sizzle said:
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I don’t agree with polygamy(Akon is gross)but if you think about it, it’s going on in urban areas (and suburbs for that matter) all the time. How many men do you know that have 2 or more baby momma’s? The only difference is that he hasn’t married them and probably never will. He continues to jump from one baby momma to the next…that’s just nasty ya’ll!!!

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on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 @ 11:42 am

Lilly said:
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Sizzle:

Chile, you are right…. These Baby Mama dramas is the SAME thing…..all of it aint nothing but the devil

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Bill Said:
Lily & Sizzle,
Your BOTH right…
Polygamy is just a nice word for a Male Hoe !!

I have an associate who has children with two sisters and one cousin
*3 kids total by assorted family members….

Woman are quick to say that because of the lack of “qualified” black men
*qualified = those who are expert in laying pipe !!! that they don’t have much options, so this type of behavior is excused and even glorified
** the so called PIMP phenomenon…

I believe that if you attempt to stick your pee pee in strange & various pootang, it will shivel up & fall off !

Man..I’m too scared to even consider this nonsense…
Wifey told me should would cut it off, and I’m certain she would !

You all are raising some good points!

Questions, does anyone here watch “Big Love” besides me? When I saw this post that’s what I immediately thought of.

I don’t think I can personally share my man with one woman let alone 3 or 4, but I don’t know if it’s really my place to judge other’s who can? I do believe homosexuals should be allowed to marry each other so why then should polygamist not be allowed to do their thing as well? Of course both of these things are illegal in the U.S., but the post just made me think about it ?

I think people in general overestimate the intention of marriage. “Marrying for love” is a relatively new concept in the history of the world and for some people that idea is still a novelty whether that be here in America or in Senegal or wherever. Marriage is a social construct, it’s a legal arrangement and for every culture that arrangement means something different whether that be having a vehicle for creating a family, building wealth etc.

At the end of the day Akon is just a celeb and not the spokesperson for the entire African continent. I think his quote did exactly what he wanted it to…people are talking about him.

where’s AKon from? Ghana? He looks it. Anyway, not ALL Africans practice polygamy!!

#37 Girlblue~

That $#!T ain’t funny! I resemble that remark! My muffins are all freshly baked with only the finest ingredients!

#36 Kine ~

I do respect that you’re man enough to speak the truth! However, why must the lion always attack the “American uncles” when he is cornered! This isn’t about Tyrone, its about Akon and the African polynigs!

The American society does not condone the behavior you described! And, although a polygamist’s sex partners are numbered, its the “polyniggas” in-training who are spreading the deseases and abusing women and children! Senegal has been spared the desease of other societies because of its economic stability! Senegal is like Utah! “Close knit” and mated from within! Very few outside influences! That still doesn’t make the dirty little habits okay!

So, don’t boast, because your day is coming! You are no better than the Keyians or Etheopians…you’re just more materialistic and controlled within the Senegal enviornment! Senegal is like the city of Babylon! A man who sleeps with his sisters, his children and his children’s children, will probably not catch AIDS!

AKON is a damn fool!!!!! All Africans do not believe in polygamy. The majority do not. As an African I find his generalizations very offensive and frankly uneducated. No one in my family practices any type of polygamy. Not the ones in Canada, the US, or the UK and sure as hell not the ones in Nigeria.
If I saw that fool I would seriously slap his uneducated ass!

#49 chillin in ny said: “Marriage is a social construct”

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If you know anything about God, you’d know that marriage is more than just a social construct! That’s what non-believers try and deduce it too, but a believer knows that it is a sacred Holy institution ordained by God!

And you talked about, “marrying for love”!

Well, most men have to learn to love their wives as Christ loved the church! I suggest that you marry for compatibility, committment, caring and in time you will grow in love! Then, love will keep you together and cause you to make major sacrafices for each other!

I need to hear your definition of love????

#52 miss_rere~

I believe Akon is saying that polygamy can be found in every country and society with the African Continent! “All of Africa”…not “All Africans”!

You cleverly stopped short of saying that you don’t know of any polygamist in Nigeria! Only that no one in you’re family does! So, are you saying that there are no polygamist in Nigeria? I didn’t think so!

Now, be up front and tell the true reason why none of your family has ever practiced the dirty deed! Ministers…? Too poor? Done on the DL? What?

Im surprised to hear him speak in generalizations because most of the people that I know from Africa(who actually grew up there)don’t speak like that. I hear Americans generalize but not people from other places. That makes me believe that although he may be Senegalese he was probably born and bred in America.

I’ve never heard anyone from East or West Africa put themselves in a group together and say they all do the same thing. In fact, I know most would get offended by that.

Mo Women, More PROBLEMS !!

What man in their RIGHT MIND would WANT to have more than ONE WIFE at a time ????

Man..That would be just to confusing…

Do you have a chart on the wall that tells you which wife needs to be “attended to” on any given night ??

Have many wives get made “love” to on any given night ?

Is there a Ginsing Dispenser in the Bedroom ???
* I personaly recommend JOLT Soda, the Preferred Soda of Programmers & College Student’s !!!

I watch Flavor of Love every week, and personally can’t figure out HOW Flavor Flav can REMEMBER all those different chicks names, much less have TIME & energy to “spend time with them”.

Man..That would be to much work for me

And FORGET about having Multiple women living in the same house together..Those girls on Flavor of Love are Fighting each other every week, cussing each other out..I could only imagine how 5 wives (BLACK WOMEN) would act towards each other…….

Polygamy is for a Young 18 year old boy with plenty of free time on his hand….

He should be glad he can pull one wife, let alone several wives.

I know he’s of African descent, but wasn’t he born & raised in New Jersey? Someone let me know.

lol, whoever said polygamy is none existent in most parts of africa is seriously dreaming.
it is very much in existence and in practice whether hidden (wives dont know about each other) or out in the open, but NOT EVERYONE DOES IT.
and being polygamous has nothign to do with being civilised. psshw
lol i guess if you allow gay marriage you’re civilized but it you allow polygyny you’re not. the mind does boggle

@jewel, just cause he was born and raised in NJ (which i doubt, i think he was raised in senegal) doesnt make him any less african. its all about who you chose to identify with. being born and raised in the us doesnt make you any less jewish (if you are)

Gigi, my point was how the hell was his dad running around legally with 4 wives in Jersey? I know about Utah. If his pops had 4 wives in the crib, then that’s craaaaaaazy.

I’m definitely not saying it makes him less African.

just because no body in your family practices polygamy (lol, which i doubt, they no get gf? not to insult you or anything, but there’s really no way to tell) doesnt mean its not widespread. lots of africans dont believe in polygamy and wouldnt practice it, lots of africans do believe in it and practice it, lots of africans believe in it but wont practice it, and lots dont believe it in it but do practice (they were forced into, naija movie stlye), and an even greater number have one wife and cheat. lol

remember life is all about approximations, for akon to say all africans believe in polygamy is an overgeneralization but a very good number do.

But if he was raised in Senegal, then I’m sure he did witness polygamy first hand.

@ jewel, im not sure about senegal, but i know in naija, they make you state ALL your wives and kids on visa applications and stuff, so you could still come to the US w/ all your wives (but why u wanna do that anyway) but only one would be recognized legally, the first most likely.
again not sure about senegal but in naija, you can legally have only one wife…the rest is traditional marriage stuffs

Akon needs to shut the hell up.

I’m Nigerian and we all don’t believe in polygamy. I think Akon just wanted to get people talking about him, and he accomplished just that lol

That’s good talk GiGi, but polynig is all over the Continent! You can find Africans in every country and society who practice it! “All of Africa”!

The “generalization” is more of a figure of speech…like all black people have rythme!

Polygamy did exist in Africa. My family is African and I heard stories all the time from my Uncles about them have three and four mothers. They said that its VERY rare now, but it did exist. I was told that a child looked at all of this fathers wives as his mother. All children were treated the same by all wives. A big deal was never made about cheating or jealousy because all wives knew each other.

Okay KWESI ~

The truth is finally oozing out! It might be rare in some villages, but you can find it all over the Continent where black Africans inhabit!

I am from Sierra Leone and I have many friends from other countries in Africa such as Nigera, Libera, Ghana, Guinea and none of them pratice pologamy. To say that pologamy does not exist in africa will be very inccorect because it does but it is only among muslims. In the “Koran” it says that you can have three wives but you have to treat all them equally. Many people do not pratice this but few in the islam do. I am muslim and my parents and my family don’t pratice pologamy. My boyfriend is muslim and is from sengal like akon and his family don’t pratice pologamy. Akon is very ignorant for saying such rubbish, he needs to spread knowledge. He needs to get civilized. Saying that all of africa pratice pologamy is crazy. Africa is a continent, a huge contient. I am no longer a fan of AKON

on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 @ 1:46 pm

jewel13 said:
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Gigi, my point was how the hell was his dad running around legally with 4 wives in Jersey? I know about Utah. If his pops had 4 wives in the crib, then that’s craaaaaaazy.

Bill Said:
Well..I live in New Jersey, and I can say with First hand experience, that NO MAN would be ALLOWED in New Jersey to have more than ONE WIFE at a Time in any given House/Home/Trailer/Apartment !

I don’t know how women respond in Senegal, Utah or even California (Flavor of Love), But here in NEW JERSEY, the Black Women don’t play that…..

All the Black women in NEW JERSEY that I know carry gats, and are quick to use them….

Ain’t no way in the world a Black Man is going be telling his wife
“listen honey, I would like to move my OTHER wife into the Guest Room..Are you okay with that”". ????

The next sound THAT black man would hear is the Bullets being loaded into the Chamber, and then a flash of Bright Light…….

Man..I wish I would be crazy enough to bring another woman into the crib..

I remember one time I brought home one of my female cousins, that my wife never met..
Man, My wife gave me that “slick side eye mad female glare” that you women get when y’all are heated….

Multiple wives in One House ??
Yeah, right…whatever…I ain’t THAT crazy !

Not to be desrespectful to Yola and Bouga but South Africa? The “culture” that you spoke about is not black culture, its the white, imperilist, colonialist white man that still populate your country. Come on, South Africa is still colonized by white people. Blacks are damn there a minority in South Africa. I am from Jamaica and whenever South Africa came to play a cricket match there isnt a negro on the team. Same goes for it’s football team. By this I say, y’all talk about the customs you grew up in, what really is South Africa’s culture or customs?

Black people are the only set of people without their own culture. White, Chinese, Japanese, Asians, all speak their original language, and practice their original religion. Black people on the other hand, we don’t have our own name, we don’t speak our own language we don’t practice our own religion. And we don’t have our own culture. If you ask any black person, man or woman if they consider themselves African, I guarantee, most would say hell no. We’ve lost everything, even our damn minds.

So when a black man stands up and proudly talk about him upholding his original culture, customs and beliefs, I have nothing but the utmost admiration for someone like that.

@bill, im not really sure where anyone said all wives had to be in the same house b/c they usually arent.
lmfao @ peeps saying polygamy in africa is ‘rare’, lmfao f’real
btw, islam allows you to have four wives provided you can love and care for them all equally and theres the caveat, its really really hard to love ppl equally.
@kwesi, whats up w/ the past tense
polygamy still exists in africa till today
@salone, it isnt only moslems that practice polygamy, christians do it, animists do it, atheists do it, agnostics do it, its more of a cultural thing than a religious thing esp since its not allowed in christianity and as for islam as i said before, its really hard to love four women equally.

remember ppl, you’re just one family out of err millions, come one just cause you dont do it doesnt mean anything at all. lol

thats like saying, there are no virgins in the US above the age of 16, like duh lots of ppl will come in here and say im a virgin and so are all my friends. sooo? the fact still remains that even tho the initial statement was an overgenerlization w/ only a small measure of truth to it, theres a whole bunch of ppl who are out there who lost their virginity before or in their sixteenth year.

no lets increase the age limit to about 25, the measure of truth to this overgeneralization increases significantly. just as if akon had said all african ppl are black, it would have still been an overgeneralization b/c theres lots of non-blk african ppl (whatever your defn of black is lol) but the truth value would increase significantly as there are more blk africans than non-blk africans. one of them would have come up in here and said ‘im not black, none of family is, and none of my african friends are’

sorry for the long winding post

@ duke
im african even before im black, so dont overgeneralize like our good man akon here
furthermore, black ppl have their own culture at least i have mine, im sorry if you have forgotten yours or lost it somewhere. and remember the continent of africa is ridiculously diverse, im not sure where else you would find more over 250 languages in a regions that twice the size of california, and i do speak my own language thank you very much. but what do i do when the person next to me speaks a diff lang, well we speak english or french or swahili or whatever so we can communicate. why should we choose one ethnic lang over the other when neither is clear majority. finally in case u didint know, the only ethnically homogenous country in the WHOLE of africa is botswana. and lol in case you didnt nkow lots of africans still practice their ‘own’ religion i.e santeria in brazil, ppl like wole soyinka, if you are interested in practing your ‘own’ religion pls google and do some research.

ps are you saying all those non-negro ppl on the teams arent south african? thts kinda like saying all the non-native indians in american arent american.
jeez, you should be talking about continued discrimination of a segment of the population not who is south african or who isnt
as for orignial cultures
yeah im sure if your culture originally practiced FGM and killing of twins you’d go ahead and do just that.
culture is fluid, it changes, dont be stuck in the past BUT dont ever let of the essentials either (which of course many ppl have done)

HEY BILL! Whats up bro. I had asked Meatloaf on an earlier post if he heard from you. I’ve missed you!!!

Dukesman, not disrepectful? Sheeet, this the same mahfucka who was talking about how women on concreteloop love to suck dick and should suck his? Now you wanna be talkin all intelligent. This how I know some of you people on here fake as hell. Good one Doodooman.