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Polygamy (more specifically, polygyny) is practiced, and some important individuals may have literally hundreds of wives. Marriages typically involve a bride price to be paid to the bride's family. It is argued that the Bamileke inheritance customs contributed to their success in the modern world:
A House Full of Females draws on information from diaries, letters, photo albums, quilts, and minute books from Mormons in the nineteenth century who experienced polygamy. While telling the history of the church in the 1800s, Ulrich focuses on how Mormon women responded to polygamy.
The Two Faces of a Bamiléké Woman is a 2018 Cameroonian film directed by Rosine Mbakam.The film explores the life of a young Bamiléké woman who lives in Belgium and returns to her native village in Cameroon to reconnect with her roots.
Evidence for polygamy in ancient Egypt can be found among both the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom. [3]During the dynastic rule of Amenophis III, numerous polygynous marriages between Amenophis III and foreign princesses occurred, which later led to the princesses being buried in the Valley of the Queens along with the following description of them as part of the harem of the king: “'She of ...
In South Africa and Nigeria, polygamy is a common practice [7] [8] and the novel, written by an author familiar with this system of multiple wives, [9] deals with the cultural pressures on the infertile and impotent within a polygamous society, [10] as well as with the universal themes of rape, domestic abuse marital property rights, girls ...
Lifting the Veil of Polygamy (2007). A documentary film on the history and modern-day expressions of Mormon polygamy, including numerous testimonials. Jeffs, Brent & Maia Szalavitz, Lost Boy, Broadway Books, New York, 2009, 241 pp. First person account of life and exile of Brent Jeffs, nephew of "prophet" Warren Jeffs of FLDS Church.
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In cultures which practice polygamy, its prevalence among that population often correlates with social class and socioeconomic status. [7] Polygamy (taking the form of polygyny) is most common in a region known as the "polygamy belt" in West Africa and Central Africa , with the countries estimated to have the highest polygamy prevalence in the ...