Disaster of living close to in-laws

If you think the occasional visits upcountry to be with your in-laws is unbearable, try living a few metres from them, writes TATIANA SAINA

There is a reason why the Bible talks about a man and a woman leaving their parents to form a new family. In the African culture, teenage boys did not stay in their parents’ homes after circumcision. They built a small hut near the gate, a sign that they were about to exit their parents’ compound.