While still a student, Sadio Mane’s new wife, who is 18 years old, returns to her school and receives a hero’s welcome from the students. She waves from a balcony as children chant for her and her ex-Liverpool star husband, who is 31 years old.
Just one day after marrying the Senegalese player Sadio Mane, 18-year-old Aisha Tamba returned to her school, where she was greeted with an enthusiastic welcome.
Six days before the start of the Africa Cup of Nations on January 13, the former Liverpool player, who is now playing for Saudi Pro League team Al-Nassr, wed Tamba in an Islamic ceremony on January 7 in Keur Massar, a suburb in Dakar, the capital city.
Many loved ones were present at the wedding ceremony that was held at Aisha’s residence.
Mane, 31, first laid eyes on his 18-year-old daughter “more than two years ago” when she and her mother visited his family, according to her father Amadou Tamba, who later disclosed that Mane is 18 years old.
New film shows Tamba’s newfound renown when she returns to her school the next day to a hero’s welcome from her classmates, according to Senegalese site Senenews.
Tamba is enrolled at a school in the Dakar town of Mbao to get her bachelor’s degree. At the completion of secondary school, most students earn a baccalaureate degree.
Hundreds of people gathered on the school grounds to sing songs for Tamba and Mane, as shown in a video that was included in the report.
Among their cries was “Sadio amenda jabar – Aissaa amena jekeur,” which means “Madame Sadio Mane” in English.
The 18-year-old Tamba seemed surprised by the warm welcome she received, but she showed her calm attitude in the film by smiling and waving to the loving audience.
According to the story, Mane’s marriage to Tamba has been largely well-accepted in Senegal, and the warm greeting he received is just one more proof of how highly regarded he is there.
Friends, relatives, and even some former teammates supposedly showed up to their wedding earlier this week, however Mail Sport has previously stated that the couple kept their romance under wraps.
After the small ceremony, in which the bride and groom wore white, Mane said that he was ecstatic to get so many congrats in the lead-up to AFCON.
“To be honest, I am pleased that the president has extended his congratulations to me as much as—I would venture to sаy—not only my teammates,” Mane stated in a late Tuesday statement.
I am thrilled and hoping everything will be alright because I assume everyone has congratulated me and wished me luck.
According to Mane’s father, Amadou Tamba, the 31-year-old first laid eyes on Mane “more than two years ago” when she accompanied her mother on a visit to their family. This meeting is thought to have taken place when Mane was sixteen years old.
In an interview, Mr. Tamba revealed that Mane first laid eyes on his wife Aisha on a family visit.
Both he and his parents must have thought highly of her because of something unique she possessed. My friends came to see me. We followed the custom, had a long discussion, and then waited for this day to come.
“Aisha was still young,” he continued, “so they weren’t dating.”
Despite Mr. Tamba’s assurances that Aisha would accept Mane’s proposal, he failed to specify when they first discussed the possibility of their marriage.
Reportedly, the marriage was finalized while she was still a student, with the understanding that both families would wait until she turned 18 to allow her to complete her education. Her alleged education has been paid for by Mane.
“Given his principles and everything she had heard about him, she willingly accepted,” Mr. Tamba stated. But we also encouraged her to think things through and make her own decision as parents. He acted in her best interest.