VIDEO: Two Angry Men, Domestic Violence in Nigeria

   

Nigeria’s most controversial show – Two Angry Men – with James and Harry are angry at one of the country’s silent crimes – domestic violence.

“Any man wey dey beating wife – you are a coward, an idiot and if i ever catch you…” says Harry.

“You never hear when woman dey abuse – in fact, more women abuse men!” interrupts James. “I’m talking about wife that beat their husband!”

Watch our latest episode on the problem of domestic violence in Nigeria – whether you are a wife or a husband.

Nigeria has one of the highest rates of domestic abuse in Africa:

Over two-thirds of Nigerian women have claimed to have suffered physical, physiological and sexual abuse according to an Amnesty International report inLagos and Oyo. They called the numbers – “shocking.”

“The thing that causes the most friction now in homes is that, maybe, the wife works and she comes back home late – that causes friction,” says James.

“Is the man supposed to enter the kitchen?” asks Harry.

Too often in a hierarchal and traditional Nigeria family setting, once a woman is married she must ‘surrender’ to her husband and provide children, a welcome home and obedience.

“Somehow, somewhere we began to look at women as the sex that needed to be saved,” says James