In New York it appears that some of the African immigrants who are Muslim are secretly practicing polygamy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/ny...ewanted=1&_r=1
The stories are sad.
Other women spoke bitterly of polygamy. They said their participation was dictated by an African culture of female subjugation and linked polygamy to female genital cutting and domestic violence.
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Like many West African women, Ms. D. had been subjected to genital cutting as a child, making sex painful. The other wife had not been cut.
“It’s not life, your man sharing a bed with another woman,” Ms. D. said. “You’re always thinking in your head, ‘does he love me?’ ”