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I believe they have certain belief around this practice other than the men being the superior

Well, I think it's because they feel that for a man to die, someone might have caused it and the first to suspect is the wife

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This is bad.

Extremely bad, and many innocent women have really suffered ill treatment, wickedness from the hands of their in laws. Some have been deprived of their husband's property.
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Movie had done good in describing this wicked act done on Igbo widows. I hope that tradition is changed

Exactly, that's one of the good things about movies. All these practices were hidden before but now it's no longer. The world is beginning to know about them through movies, and publications too.
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