AN APPRAISAL OF THE CHALLENGES OF WOMEN WITHOUT MALE CHILDREN IN IGALALAND, KOGI STATE, NIGERIA.

Abstract

This paper appraises the challenges of women without male children in Igalaland. It dwells on the analysis of the male child's preference over their female counterparts. This work also analysed the history of Igalaland and the challenges of women without male children. This research work constitutes the introduction, history of Igalaland, Igala linguistics, the religion of the Igala, as well as their political structure. The adopted methodology in this study is sociological, philosophical and analytical. In this work, there is an assessment of the Igala perspective of a woman without a male child, as well as the challenges of women without male children in Igalaland and discusses the Christian view on the male child syndrome.