Polygamy and teenage children in Benguela - Angola - Bok av João Dele - Häftad
In African societies, polygamy is seen positively, as an acceptable and valid form of marriage, while monogamy has been associated with people of lower social status, which makes polygamy a product of power relations, with cultural, social, economic and political roots. Polygamy also has transcendental motives: the man who had the most children would guarantee himself and his family immortality. This study seeks to understand the implications of polygamy on the school performance of adolescent children...