“It was like I was supposed to start popping babies almost immediately.
The whole world was just looking at me. Thank God for a supportive husband, he would always tell me not to bother. I think it was something I was challenged with from the first day I got married.”
‘‘One thing that society does not yet know is that when a woman is under pressure, it becomes very difficult to conceive because it messes up with her brain and then it goes into her hormones and it becomes more difficult.
The more you abuse a woman about childbearing, the more it becomes difficult for her to conceive. For me, it was really difficult but thank God for God, thank God for the Holy Spirit, and thank God for my husband. There was no pressure at all from my husband’s family, they were all very supportive’’.
Any pressure regarding the gender of the baby, considering her position as the queen and the desire for a male child:
‘‘I would say from the public, there was a little bit of pressure but because my husband didn’t actually care about what gender, it could be a girl, a boy, or even twins he didn’t care. My mind was not on whether it was a girl or a boy, there was no reason to go for a scan, and there was no reason to find out what I was having. Whatever it is, I knew he was going to celebrate me and celebrate the child’’.
On submission:
“It is expected of me as a wife and as an Olori to submit to my king both culturally and scripturally. I uphold from both ends. I know when to stop, I know when to speak. You need to understand your rights first, so you know when it’s your place to talk and you know when you should let the man take the lead.
‘‘Only an abusive man will shut his woman down, especially because women hold a lot of grace. You just need to let the man feel like a partner in the business. It is more of a partnership. It is slavery when you think that a woman has to keep quiet or be dumb.
You do not have to be dumb as a woman. If there is a man shutting you down, if it has come into a place where you are afraid to speak because you are a woman or because you are married, there is a problem.”
Her childhood experiences prepared her for her current role as a young queen:
‘‘I started speaking publicly as a teenager and it is also important that you have the support of the people that you love and care about. My mother first started instilling confidence in me and when I got married, she handed it over to my husband, who would always clap for me and in fact, at some points give me monetary gifts to say well done, you did well.”
Something nobody knows about herself and the king:
‘‘What I think people don’t actually know about Kabiyesi and about my relationship with him is the uniqueness of the relationship. Kabiyesi is quite understanding and behind all the royalty and the demand of the throne, we have our own safe place where we are just a man and his wife, all romantic, nice, and kind. He is also a wonderful father to his children.
Credit: TVC.
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