Polygamy

Polygamy Dolphyne, Florence Abena. The Emancipation of Women. Accra: Ghana Universities Press, 1991. Pg.14 “A man who had been married for about two years decided to take on a second wife. His wife thought there was no need for that since she felt they were getting on perfectly happily…the man argued that she alone could not provide hum all the things he needed at the time he needed them, but the woman insisted there was no basis for that claim.” To prove his point, the man asked for traditional Asante corn dough to be prepared in one day. The woman took on the challenge. She worked hard all day preparing the necessary ingredients and when the day was done she was not. She gave up and apologized to her husband for being so stubborn and told him she felt it was a good idea for him to marry a second wife. Even though this is just a folktale and its credibility is questionable, it still gives the idea of how people began to accept polygamy. Young girls of this tribe here this story over and over. When they become of age to marry, they feel there polygamy, one, percent, men, wife, woman, two, women, press, married, man, being, wives, statistics, societies, show, seems, second, practiced, permitted, marry, islamic, felt, during, day, been, university, time, though, think, statement, religion, quran, polygamous, people, over, nothing, needed, mind, justify, justified, just, idea, husband, four, feel, family, equality, eight, east