You make good points here. I do wonder though, have African men not abused the assumed responsibility of ‘head of household’?

Times have changed and old roles have to adjust. How does a woman take on the shared responsibility of generating income for the family and still maintain all her own responsibilities? It’s not sustainable.

Also, men over the centuries have in many cases handled the responsibility of head of household poorly. It just happens that women have now found their voice and independence and now know they don’t have to put up with it.

Perhaps its not women who have forgotten their place. Could it be that men have forgotten what it means to be a man or have lost good mentors and in the process want the respect and spoils of old traditions without making the effort to adapt as well to a woman who can have a voice and who can no longer be put into a narrow box?