What a Tradition

The tradition in Akana Village was so sacred and infallible, the inhabitants valued it with great passion and alacrity. The arrival of Christianity brought great challenge to the sacred tradition of the land. The tradition demands that if a man dies, the younger or elder brother shall inherit his wife. Temisan, a deaconess in a church lost her husband, Tseye, and Ariyo, the village chief priest who was Tseye’s elder brother was mandated by tradition to inherit Temisan as his wife. How can a deaconess in a church get married to a village chief priest in the shrine, becomes a terrible question that brings great anxiety to the entire community.