'I Need an African Wife' by Bada Yusuf Amoo

I need an African wife

A woman that believes men have nine bones

A woman that believes man comes first

A woman that thinks in the circle of men’s desire

A woman that believes her man determines her paradise

A woman that believes her man is her Lord

A woman that believes men have what she lacks

I need an African wife

Not a wife that draw me roster

That will not enter the kitchen without my presence

That becomes fragile when she’s pregnant

That looks indifferent when I am angry

That allows my sons bend rather than prostrate

That tells me what to do rather than advice

Oh I need an African wife

That will smile when she sees my mother

That will serve me peppered vegetable

That will think of home while in office

Yes I need an African wife

Not the one that will think of clients

While in the kitchen

That will serve me cold foods

In my air conditioned edifice

Yes I need an African wife

That believes her personality makes her first lady

That believes her office in the company of my house

Are the kitchen and the bed

Oh God, I need an African wife

That will be contented with the wealth you gave me

That I will be able to treat democratically.

Written by: Bada Yusuf Amoo

Edited by: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson

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