In an average lifetime, an African is expected to get involved in, and attends many weddings (and funerals). First you attend those of your elders, which leave you hoping that yours too will not only come one day, but that it would also be more glamorous.
Then there were those weddings (and funerals) of your contemporaries for which you have to pay the ‘African tax’, partly out of fear and hope that when your turn comes, people will contribute generously since you will have been known to be a generous contributor yourself.
