Her fourth husband also died

I'm very sorry if today's article might sound very silly or unbelievable especially to my non Afrikan friends . But honestly, this isn't based on speculation, I have read it in a book and I have heard it happening in real life. I even know someone or two who this thing has happened two.

Few years ago, when I was still in in junior high school, I read a literature titled "The Concubine" written by an an ace African author, Kelechi Amadi.

The main character of the novel was a very attractive young woman called Ihuoma whose husband, Maduka had died recently albiet mysteriously. Shortly after her husband's death, another man, Ekwueme became interested in her and asked for her hands in marriage.

Meanwhile, an old sage had revealed to Ekwueme's father that Ihuoma was cursed. She was never meant to get married throughout her life. Any man who disobeys the gods by going ahead to bed Ihuoma would die before his first child is born. But Ekwueme was already stubbornly in love with Ihuoma.

Ekwueme had said to his father ,

" Papa, There's nothing I wouldn't do to become Ihuoma's husband, even if it is for just one night".

I still remember the last sentence of the novel till today.

"This spirit of death was known to take the souls of men shortly after midnight, and that was when Ekwueme died". ... The end

Who wouldn't love Ihuoma? She was not only extremely gorgeous, she was also very kind, humble and intelligent. But sadly,men could only admiire her from afar.

Recently, my old aunty, a retired nurse who always tells me educative stories told me about one of her patient who had married four times and non of her husbands lived up to two years after marriage. I immediately remembered and told my aunty about the book i read and I was shocked when she told me that it's not mere fiction.

Such women are also found in real life and she knows three of such women very well. No need to mention that they are very attractive too.

According to my aunty, it is forbidden for relatives and visitors to have s*x around the premises where the burial arrangements of the dead is being made. Any child concieved from such intercourse would be cursed by the spirits and any man whose manliness touches her thigh, later in life would meet his doom.

Hence they are popularly refered to as "red thigh women" in the African culture.

In a rural setting, it is quite easy to spot such ladies since the history of all the families in a village are well known. Hence people are warned to stay away from them.

But in Urban spreads where different people from different background who know very little about the next each other interact everyday, the chances of meeting and falling for someone (man/woman ) with an extraordinary problem is a bit higher.

That's why in my parts of the world, alot of folks do some thorough spiritual investigation into the life of prospective partner(s) before getting married, in order to avert some unfortunate and unforseen circumstances.

Generally speaking, it is safer if one could shun promiscuity because one might end up inviting tragedy for himself/herself all for the sake of a few minutes gratification.

Something mysterious might begin to happen soon, it starts with little problems before compounding into costly damages.