
Mother Is Gold Father Is Glass Gender And Colonialism In a Yoruba Town
Author: Lorelle D. Semley Category: Demo, Geo-Politics, History, Journals, Literature, Nigerian History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Yoruba History More DetailsDuring my third extended research trip in Kรฉtu, Bรฉnin, in the fall of 2006, when I asked people to explain the Yoruba proverb โmother is gold, father is glassโ (รฌyรก ni wรบrร , bร bรก ni dรญgรญ), they invariably told me a story.1 An elderly woman explained that a mother would never let her child go hungry. โA motherโs love is different from a fatherโs love,โ she said. โA mirrorโthat breaks. The father is for everyone. The mother is your mother and she doesnโt want to change you.โ2
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