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Widowhood Practices in the Western Highlands of Cameroon: Continuing Values in a Changing World

By Pingpoh Margaret Hongwe

In the culture of the people of the Western Highlands of Cameroon, a husband is almost everything in the family. He is the main bread winner of the family, and has the final say in family matters. He is the protector and defender of the family. In fact, the importance of any wife is measured by the husband’s position or achievements in the community. In this light, the loss of the husband causes the widow great pain and sorrow. If one considers the statistics that one out of every three women in the area is a widow, then one can imagine how many women have gone through these pain and sorrow. The widow’s grief and sorrow is increased by negative traditional/cultural practices upon the husband’s death; practices here called widowhood practices. (more)

The treatment given to Widows in Nigeria

This account was emailed to us by a young woman now living in London.

I am writing this note on behalf of my mother who does not have access to a computer, nor know how to operate one; however she wishes for justice and awareness to be taken of what she has just experienced. She does not know about such organization as yours, but because I do know, I am willing to help her with it. As I write, she is with her relatives in Owerri, Imo State Nigeria, taking refuge with my younger brothers and sisters. But our family lives in Festac Town, Lagos, Nigeria. (more)

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