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sister jabou polygamy is practiced by non muslims too- please take note I know many catholics in Nigeria who have more than one wife they marry one in the church and the others in the traditional way
having said this many muslim men in the gambia who have one wife may have concubines which makes it polygamous No offense to any one - sometimes the truth hurts - in my opinion it happens in the USA unofficially for example many senators and congressmen have their wives in their home state and their girlfriends in Dc sometimes working for them as sectretaries or interns.
polygamy can be official and unofficial - please note that too habib
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>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: question/Ya-i-Mama Fatou >Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 12:44:39 EST > >You may very well be right about lower figures but as I mentioned, I was >really just venturing a wild guess. I was under the impression that not marrying >multiple wives is on the decline, but then I also find that people who have >had one wife all along are marrying second wives later in their years. >I wonder if there are actual statistics compiled by the Gambia government. It >would be interesting to have actual figures compiled by regions if they have >looked into such things. > >Jabou > >In a message dated 2/28/04 8:12:52 AM Central Standard Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > > > > I think that number is pretty high considering that younger generation are > > doing away with Polygamy these days. I know of very few if any in their > > twenties and thirties that have co-wives. I dont know about the people living in > > the provinces but I dont think Polygamy is practiced much in the Greater > > Banjul area any more. I might be wrong... > > > > Ya-i-Mam Fatou > > > > > > > > >From: Jabou Joh > > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list > > >To: [log in to unmask] > > >Subject: Re: question > > >Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:05:09 EST > > > > > >Ylva, > > > > > >This is not any official statistic but my assesment would be at least 95% > > of > > >all the islamic marriages are polygamous. > > > > > >Jabou > > > > > >In a message dated 2/27/04 1:44:13 PM Central Standard Time, > > >[log in to unmask] writes: > > > > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > > > Would anyone happen to know what percentage of marriages in The Gambia > > are > > > > polygamous? Best, Ylva > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~