%0 Journal Article
%T Polygyny
%J Journal of Black studies
%D 2007
%A Cook, Cynthia T.
%V 38
%N 2
%P 232-250
%X 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 a positive effect on population growth and fertility but at the same time may be harmful to the health and well-being of women and children. It ends with a discussion of interviews conducted with Ivorian women during the summer of 2002. The women reveal their concerns that a monogamous relationship may become polygamous in the future; that they have little control over their husbands' taking a second wife.<p />
%G 
%I SAGE Publishing
%@ 0021-9347
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021934705285695