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Begging with twins to appease the spirits

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  • TRUTH STANDS 7 years ago

    As much as I agree with him that poverty is a contributory factor, is also true that soothsayers in the north encourage some nursing mothers to beg.

  • kweku trouble 7 years ago

    I have lived and worked in Mali and it's the norm over there. It's compulsory to beg with your twin children on the streets. I believe it's cultural because I noticed Malians have a few words in the Bambara language which are ...
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  • mawusi akyeampong 7 years ago

    In modern day Ghana?
    What are the Clerics doing ABOUT THIS?

  • u o 7 years ago

    If the reason is spiritual ,then it might not matter who does the begging with the kids but in this situation, it is always our mothers who are forced into this habit, LET RESPECT OUR WIVES AND MOYHERS

  • Abane 7 years ago

    am confused. the writer is telling us in the North certain tribes force twins nursing mothers to go out and beg for survival? No! one can do that when she is helpless and has nowhere to turn to. If so the men who are beggin ...
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