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Attitudes towards polygamy in select African fiction
Polygamy is widely practised in African communities. The African social-realist novel, especially when it is woman-authored, shows female characters as having to play docile, subservient roles and accept demeaning positions in polygamous marriages. Although it has been claimed that traditional …
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Meidob kinship, marriage and residence
… problem of this thesis is one of explaining the complex nature of the kinship system of the Meidob, a small tribe of pastoralists living in the north-east of Northern Darfur Province, Republic of the Sudan. The system is unusual in that there is recognition of three different types of kinship …
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Probing polygamous marriages in Zimbabwe
… for women in polygamous marriages than their counterpart in monogamous relationships. The study further suggests that the patriarchal power structure seems to take a powerful and effective role on polygamous marriages in our societies, particularly in Zimbabwe where this study took place. The …