Pai Grande, Who Fathered 281 Children With 42 Wives laid to rest

About a thousand mourners and sympathizers flouted Angolan president João Lourenço’s directive banning large gatherings – as a measure to curtail the spread of coronavirus – to pay their last respects to Francisco Tchikuteny Sabalo at Mungongo Island on April 19.

According to VOA, Sabalo, who was also known as Pai Grande, or Big Dad, was a popular polygamist, who fathered 281 children and had 47 wives. He is survived by 42 wives, 156 children, 250 grandchildren and 67 great-grandchildren. Polygamy in the Southern African nation

Pai Grande, who died in his early 70s after battling prostate cancer for over a year, was initially taken to the country’s capital city of Luanda as well as other places for treatment, but was returned home when his condition worsened to ensure that “if God called him, at least he would die beside the children and their mothers,” one of his sons said.