Marriage is seen in a conservative Africa most parts of the world as a blessing and it is every married couples’ wish that the vow of together forever till death do us part is realised.

Unfortunately, very few marriages live to see forever and the larger chunk doesn’t survive past the first 5years.

It is for this reason that photos of a couple, who have managed to stay together in marriage for 52 years have got netizens not only gloating at how lovely they look but how they managed to keep it all together.

The happy looking old couple followed the trend millenials call pre-wedding photoshoot, only in their case they had actually traveled the journey and still going strong after 2 scores and a dozen years.

Nowadays, most marriages don’t last, as people file for divorce day in day out.

In fact, these couple deserve to be celebrated because the fact that they’re celebrating their 52nd wedding anniversary in 2019 means they married way back in 1967 and that is a big deal.