A Look at Polygamy in Black America | by Funlayo E. Wood, PhD
Feb 14, 2019 · A Look at Polygamy in Black America. The stars of ‘Seeking Sister Wife’ and other black polygamists on the realities of dating while married. Funlayo E. Wood, PhD. ·. Follow. 10 min read. ·....
Polygyny: What It Means When African American Muslim Women Share …
Nov 29, 2016 · With Polygyny, author Debra Majeed provides a personal yet scholarly investigation into a practice that is not well understood for its complexity, its function within the African American Muslim community, and its relationship to family law within Islam as well as to the American legal system.
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Philly's Black Muslims Increasingly Turn to Polygamy - NPR
May 28, 2008 · Polygamy in the U.S. is not limited to remote enclaves in the West or breakaway sects once affiliated with the Mormon Church. Several scholars say it's growing among black Muslims in the inner...
1 The Road to Understanding Polygyny - Oxford Academic
The racialized history of African Americans has prompted many who promote polygyny to expand the definition of the word “orphan” to include “a people” who have been rendered “fatherless” rather than its narrowly denoting individual and underage children.
Inside African-American Muslim Polygamy - NPR
Jul 23, 2008 · Yesterday, a grand jury in Texas indicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs on felony sexual assault charges. The news once again put the spotlight on the practice of polygamy in the United...
Polygyny: Did the Africans Get It Right? - Cynthia T. Cook, 2007
This article discusses polygamy as an adaptive cultural practice for Africa. It examines the effects of polygyny on population growth and fertility for select countries. It argues that polygyny has...
University Press of Florida: Polygyny
This book features the voices of women who welcome polygyny, oppose it, acquiesce to it, or even negotiate power in its practices. Majeed examines the choices available to African American Muslim women who are considering polygyny or who are living it.
Legalities and Emotional Well-Being | Polygyny: What It Means …
While some African American Muslim men and women strive to uphold their Islamic legal rights in American family courts, only African American polygynous men assert their rights in American mosques and Muslim homes by contracting both monogamous and multiple-wife marriages.
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Welcome to Polygynation! Here you will find a wealth of information and resources about polygyny / polygamy, and how it can help revitalize strong, healthy and empowered individuals, as well as progressive black families. Study, connect with others, …
Polygyny : what it means when African American Muslim women …
While all forms of polygamy are banned in the United States, polygyny has steadily emerged as an alternative force to the low numbers of marriageable African American men and the high number of female-led households in black America.