African men do not have marriages, but arrangements for their own convenience. In this day and age, building a marriage is the hard part; destroying it is becoming much easier and men have perfected the art – and the fact that it requires very little effort works in their favour.

She is unfortunate not to have a man to love her enough to commit to her. She is branded a home wrecker, an undignified woman with loose morals, the other woman or a mistress. Some go after married men for their money, and very few of them actually fall genuinely in love.

John Kimeo stood outside Mzalendo Store, in Jersey City, New Jersey. His eyes were smoggy with sleep. His face buried in forlorn hope. Like a man so depressed, given up to grim resignation and despair.

Gamophobia is a condition where one is insanely afraid of marriage, where as anuptaphobia is a condition of insane fear of staying single.