I was once offered 20 cows for my hand in marriage - Yemi Alade.


- Famous Nigerian musician, Yemi Alade, has spoken about how a man once offered her 20 cows for marriage - Yemi said that the proposal did not go well because the man's friend said that she is fat and cannot build houses - This was one of the encounters the musician had with the Masai people whom she described as very resourceful Popular Nigerian musician, Yemi Alade, has said that a Masai once offered her 20 cows to ask for her hands in marriage. The Shake singer said that what dealt the marriage proposal a deadly blow was that the Masai’s friend said she is too fat and cannot build houses. It should be noted that the Masai people, according to Wikipedia, are a Nilotic ethnic group in northern, central and southern Kenya. They can also be found in northern Tanzania.
They are about the most popular local people because their homes are always very close to game parks of the African Great Lakes.