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The tale of Kenyan 'female husbands' and other strange cultural practices

Among the Kamba, women got married to ghosts

Many would-be spouses have gone their separate ways due to weird cultural practices dictated by their partners.

 Tales are told of urbane couples who rarely or never set foot in each other’s rural homes due to strange cultural norms enforced there.

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