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Shocking: How men without wives, children are treated when they die

The world over, few things are celebrated with more excitement than the birth of an African child and a last-gap classic goal at the World Cup.

It is never said aloud, but when the parents of the groom are keenly following the nuptials, two questions linger at the back of their minds: When will the first grandchild pop? And will it be a boy?

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