In South Africa, the Republic of Congo, Kenya and Benin the spanking of children at home and schools has been prohibited under the law. There are many African parents who see this kind of discipline as a necessary and traditional part of raising children. But there’s also a younger generation of African parents who say spanking left them traumatised, unable to speak up and unable to think independently. They don’t want this for their children and have decided on a different parenting style.

Africa Daily’s Alan Kasujja has been looking at whether we need to rethink how we discipline children with two parents from Nigeria.