Figure 7.27: Polygyny in Africa. The map depicts the spatial distribution of polygyny in sub-Saharan Africa. Seventy-two percent of the women indicated they are the only wife but that their husbands have relations with other women; 19 percent are in two-wife marriages; 7 percent in three-wife marriages; and the remaining 2 percent are in marriages with four or more wives.

[Source consulted: James Fenske, “African Polygamy: Past and Present,” Editorial Express, February 15, 2012, at https://editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conference/download.cgi?db_name=CSAE2012&paper_id=115]