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What's the place of polygamy in the modern world?
Polygamy, a centuries-old practice in Africa continues to thrive even in this modern world. As of 2009, according to the United Nations, polygamy was legal or generally accepted in 33 countries, 25 of them in Africa. In the African setting , the more wives a man has the more children he's likely to have and he is perceived to be wealthy. Why? How exactly does polygamy work?
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