The practice of interventive polygamy in two regions of Africa: Background, theory and techniques

Dialectical Anthropology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 383-421

  Nwoye, Augustine ^a  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

African alternative marriage systems; African traditional marriage; Interventive polygamy; Therapeutic polygamy

Indexed keywords

EID: 41349084959     PISSN: 03044092     EISSN: 15730786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10624-008-9036-y     Document Type: Article

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