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Wives: A Review
22 Nov 2021

Wives: A Review

by Jude Fokwang | posted in: Cameroon Studies, Ethnographic Film, Gender Studies | 0

The subject of polygamy often evokes mixed sentiments and sometimes outright rage from opponents who hold that polygynous marriages are patriarchal schemes designed to gratify men at the expense of women.

Islamic culture, Lisbet Holtedahl, polygamy, polygyny, Religion
Faith, Power and Family by Charlotte Walker-Said: A Review
5 May 2021

Faith, Power and Family by Charlotte Walker-Said: A Review

by Jude Fokwang | posted in: Anthropology of Religion, Book Reviews, Cameroon Studies, Gender Studies, Historical Studies | 0

In Faith, Power and Family, Walker-Said details Christianity’s role in reconfiguring African marriage and family-building among French Cameroonians in the southern forest, coastal zones and the western Grassfields.

Charlotte Walker-Said, Colonialism, family, French Cameroon, monogamy, polygamy

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