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VOA NEWS: ACCEPTANCE OF POLYGAMY SLOWLY CHANGES IN MUSLIM AFRICA
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The Voice of America issued the following story:
By Phuong Tran In some African Muslim countries, polygamy is still commonly practiced. According to certain interpretations of Islam, men can marry up to four women. But more and more African women in Muslim countries are saying they are not willing to be wife number two or three or four. In this first part of a five-part series on the changing African family, Phuong Tran brings us this report from Senegal about how some are questioning long-held traditions about marriage.
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