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Dead man with 100 wives gets Facebook page to reunite family at funeral | Acentus Akuku, Kenya's most famous polygamistm, is now on Facebook in a bid to reunite his family, which
includes his 100 wives. Akuku was in his late 90's when he died from natural causes
earlier this month. He married more than 100 women in his lifetime and fathered
nearly 200 children. Now, Nickson Mwanzo, one of his grandsons, has created a
page on Facebook, where he wrote, "IF YOU ARE AKUKU'S FAMILY PLIZ JOIN AND SAY
MORE ABOUT YOURSELF. THIS IS TO BRING THE RELATIVES TOGETHER" to convince Akuku's
children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, to come together for his burial,
scheduled for December. According to ABC News, one Facebook post said that Akuku
left a lasting mark, "not only among family" but with the "whole world." Akuku
married his first wife in 1939, and his second wife soon after, becoming a polygamist
at the age of 22. He married his last wife in 1992. Akuku established two elementary
schools solely to educate his children, as well as a church for his growing family
to attend. Members of the family told Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper that he valued
discipline and work ethic, but was not a tyrant. Damaris, who is wife number 13,
told the Daily Nation that the secret to keeping everyone happy was treating all
of his wives equally. She said he bought all of their clothes and provided them
with everything they needed. "He would say he wanted us to look like queens,"
she said.
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