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World Service,01 Nov 2001,13 mins

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What are the factors and responsibilities that make polygamous marriages harmonious? An exploration of polygamy, the practice of a man taking more than one wife - including the rare of practice polygyny. With anthropologist Lynne Brydon, writer Audrey Gadzekpo, anthropologist Ziba Mir-Hosseini.

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