Do you know that there is a culture where a man offers his wife to sleep with a guest?

It is otherwise known as “Okujepisa omukazendu”, which simply means “offering a wife to a guest.”

According to the demands of this culture, a husband can allow his wife to sleep with any male visitor that chooses to spend the night in their home.

While the wife is given to the guest for sexual relations, her husband must spend the night in a different room. Where there is no available room, he is expected to sleep outside.

When a male visitor comes with his own wife, he can reach an agreement to exchange wives for the night.

Within the Northern Namibian tribes, the men are the heads of their families and they possess more rights than the women. These men make most of the decisions, while the women are left with the tasks of procreating, feeding and taking care of the home.

Shockingly, some women see nothing with this tradition and do not mind giving themselves to other men. Some women also offer girlfriends to their husbands, if there is a need to. They consider it to be a sign of friendship.

Reasons For Wife Swapping Custom

many years, the wife swapping custom defied western influence and interference. The people continued to practise it because of the belief that it strengthens friendships and reduces incidents of promiscuity.

Many Ovahimba couples also engage in swapping because they seek to add variety to their regular sex lives or to also satisfy their curiosity. For others, they simply get involved because they see it as a healthy outlet through which they can strengthen their relationships.

Strangely, the people also consider it to be one of the ways that they can show kindness.

Where there is an agreement between gentlemen to have sex with each others’ wives, it is usually done with no strings attached.