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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 Details
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During my third extended research trip in Kรฉtu, Bรฉnin, in the fall of 2006, when I asked people to explain the Yoruba proverb โ€œmother 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. โ€œA motherโ€™s love is different from a fatherโ€™s love,โ€ she said. โ€œA mirrorโ€”that breaks. The father is for everyone. The mother is your mother and she doesnโ€™t want to change you.โ€2


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