Why it is un-African to propose while kneeling – actors Pete Edochie, Kanayo

Kanayo .O. Kanayo and Pete Edochie [Photo: Courtesy]

What is in a marriage proposal? Well, for men planning to go down on one knee to pop the question, culture –especially in West Africa - is paramount. This is according to two renowned Nigerian actors; Kanayo O. Kanayo, 58, and Pete Edochie, 73.

According to Kanayo, the act of men kneeling to propose is not part of the African culture. Kanayo explained that he supports a view held by Edochie with whom he has starred in Brothers of Wealth, The Red President and The Burnt Sacrifice, among others, that kneeling is concept copied from the west.