I will Not Kneel If Men Are Not Kneeling | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie On Women Roles, Feminism & Grief 

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I am Ghanaian. I admire your boldness and clarity... ......but to say If a man doesn't kneel,I won't or words to that effect is a bit of misinformation and misinterpretation of that cultural practice as I saw it amongst the Youruba in a church I worshipped in, in SE London,Ngozi! It was a beautiful gesture acknowledging the elder one greeted.I learnt it and greeted a Yoruba Grandma in the church amongst us as the teenage-lovely- Yoruba girls would kneel as they greeted me-a Ghanaian;their mother's age. My son-a Ghanaian shared a flat with Yoruba young men in his uni days.When their Dad visited from home-Naija,they,including my son went facedown in greetings. My son loved it! There are lot of undertones in cultural and traditional practices and to interpret this through the lens of 'man/woman' is a misrepresentation,to say the least.

Deuteronomy 14:1 NLT “Since you are the people of the LORD your God, never cut yourselves or shave the hair above your foreheads in mourning for the dead.

Y'ALL commenters should put away your pride and man-made egos and, stop with negative comments. The Bible didn't ever mention that anyone should bow down to any human being. All the oppressive lifestyles, are man made. Even courtesying to the queen is man made. All the crude oppressive cultures, rules should be eradicated/abolished. GOD says the man is the head of the home, did He say the woman should bow down to the man? Honour, respect each other, not one Lording themselves over others to feel important/stroke their egos. All these inhumane man-made cultures needs to be stopped, periodt. EVEN GOD DIDN'T SAY BOW DOWN TO ME. REVERENCE IS GIVEN TO GOD WHEN YOU BOW DOWN IN PRAYERS. YOU PRAY TO GOD ANYWHERE, IN ANY POSITION, HE LISTENS AND ANSWERS. DANIEL IN THE LIONS DEN, JONAH IN THE BELLY OF THE FISH. Y'ALL COME ON ,LET'S STOP ALL THESE UNNECESSARY MAN-MADE ACCOLADES. WE'RE ALL CREATED THE SAME BY GOD.

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This is just the pride that excessive professional success pur in some women. If Chimamanda was a simple woman with a simple good job could she challenge African traditional routines.

Take Chimamanda to the British royal family let's see if she can challenge the royal expectations of the royal family.

Nonsense

I love Chimamanda so much, but don't like when she rubbishh the Igbo culture, calling it nonsense. U believe in equality, but God who created heavens and the earth did not make man and woman equal. Man is always the head. Unless you don't believe in God.

If Chimamanda is invited to British royal family to drink tea with the queen or king of England can she refuse to subject herself to traditional routines? Can she? Does she have the courage to tell the royal family she can't follow royal norms. Let anyone who knows her ask her this question. She only has power to talk to local royalties.

Confused woman

Chimamanda can you call British royal family's traditional routines and Norms nonsense? You call your ancestral traditions nonsense because men are excluded from kneeling. Total disgrace. In the British royal family, the princes and princesses have special way of greeting the queen when she was alive and you must follow it without complaint. Can you Chimamanda criticize it?

Chimamanda your lack of respect for traditional things makes all your dressing in African fabrics and clothings completely meaningless.

Chimamanda Adichie if you are invited to see the queen of England for a cup of tea can you challenge the royal norms? You cannot.