Brothers Habib and Musa,
Just reminds me of a common Mandinka morale. The "Kamramo Baa"(the
teacher) and his "Karanding" (student). It is said that each time the
student and the young wife had a problem the teacher will advice him to
do just like he does and teach her a lesson which the student understood
to mean beat her up. The students hardline approach to obeying the
Karamo Baa's advice soon led to near breakdown of his young marriage.
What he could not understand was that despite the Karamo Baa's
no-nonesense full-of-terror attitude during the day, it was all giggle
and soft-talking in his hut at night.
During one of his teach-her-a-lesson tantrums, the student's neighbor (a
Musu kebbaring for that matter- an old woman) asked why he behaves the
way he does with his young wife. Of course the explanation is that he
was following exactly what his Karamo Baa dictated, that is teach the
wife a lesson. The old woman asked him the student to come to her house
after the Karamo Baa has gone to bed and that she has the right Boro
(medicine) for the young wife's ailment.
The young Karanding could not wait for the Karamo Baa to bid him good
night. He raised to the old lady's hut for the medicine. The old lady
led the Karanding to a peephole in the Karamo Baa's hut and asked the
Karanding to see for himself how why it is all giggle and soft talk in
Karamo Baa's hut every night.

The Karamo Baa all dressed up giving the wife a piggy back ride!

I guess the billion dollar question is did the Karamo Baa deliberately
mislead the Karanding with his teach-her-a-lesson instruction or the
Karanding read too much into it?

Have a great Friday.

Malanding

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