Polygamy
Polygamy (from Late Greek πολυγαμία, polygamía, "state of marriage to many spouses") is the practice of marrying multiple spouses. When a man is married to more than one wife at the same time, sociologists call this polygyny. When a woman is married to more than one husband at a time, it is called polyandry. A marriage including multiple husbands and wives is a group marriage. In contrast to polygamy, monogamy is marriage consisting of only two parties. Like "monogamy", the term "polygamy" is often used in a de facto sense, applied regardless of whether a state recognizes the relationship. In …
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Laws.Africa · 11 May 2021 English
to all, irrespective of gender. The issue of polygamy and polyandry also was topical and controversial … some stakeholders believed in the practice of polygamy, there were also those who opposed it. This equally … stakeholders who believed in the practice of polygamy (polygene) were opposed to the practice of polyandry …
Laws.Africa · 4 May 2021 English
to all, irrespective of gender. The issue of polygamy and polyandry also was topical and controversial … some stakeholders believed in the practice of polygamy, there were also those who opposed it. This equally … stakeholders who believed in the practice of polygamy (polygene) were opposed to the practice of polyandry …
TV3: Televisió de Catalunya · 14 February 2019 Catalan
of her children. A single mother runs the risk of being imprisoned on charges of prostitution. Polygamy is forbidden for women, but men can have up to four wives. To fight these injustices and free women …
The Journal of Sierra Leone Studies · 10 August 2018 English
TITLE PAGE Letters to a Friend in Sweden, Including a Historical and Geographical Description of the Sierra Leone Colony in Africa, together with an Account of the Formation of the …
settlements around Freetown, African religion, polygamy, the red-water ordeal, the Chinese, slash-and-burn … not cannon-fire, of which they are very afraid. Polygamy is the general practice, but marriages can be … the only reason for under-population in Africa; polygamy is another obvious reason.68 The Africans' understanding …
Laws.Africa · 25 June 2015 English
entitled person under whose religion or custom polygamy is lawful, any person to whom the entitled person …
Laws.Africa · 6 May 2014 English
marriage or purported spouse in a marriage; "polygamy" means the state or practice of a man having …
Saraba Literary Trust · 27 February 2013 English
Still on Dara, Polygamy helps. When men have several women, they don’t sleep around. Polygamy is hugely … Bimbo Adelakun‘s Under the Brown Rusted Roofs. Polygamy is arguably an African norm but westernization … persuading a rethink. What are your thoughts on polygamy as a remedy to casual sex, the rising spate … as clueless about polygamy as I am about juju, which is strange because polygamy is practiced openly …
Zimmedia · 2013 English
King Mswati III of Swaziland is Africa's last absolute monarch. How does one
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The Journal of Sierra Leone Studies · 30 June 2012 English
The Sierra Leonean case also reveals the dynamic of tactical interaction or the reciprocation of child soldier use by the opposition in order to counter the power of the tactic.7 …
assert rights to mobilise unwaged labour and use polygamy as means of tying labour (labour used as a means …
TV3: Televisió de Catalunya · 2012
throught the Balafon association, but it is not easy, because she often has to avoid issues such as polygamy or worship of the dead, which she sees as cultural facts, but she knows that they can hurt sensibilities …
