In Sub-Saharan Africa, at the end of the nineties, there is still one out of three women, 35-44 years old, who is married to a polygynist, and half of the women live, at least part of their life, with a polygynist. |
It may now be asked why the polygynist nations have not gravitated to monogamy, like the latter-day saints of Salt Lake City. |
The most important change to Noya's way of living occurred in 1981, when he finally succeeded in making a stable second marriage and becoming a polygynist. |
In fact, the set of wives of a polygynist would contain women of different generations. |
The resources for which siblings compete are food and favors from their parents, especially from the polygynist father. |