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The politics of polygyny in Mende education and child fosterage transactionsessay 1993 • Bledsoe, Caroline H.
Mende • Africa > Western Africa
This article discusses dynamics of gender relations among polygamous Mende households. It shows that co-wives in rural Mende fiercely compete among themselves over a wide variety of issues including household resources, labor and the future of childr...School fees and the marriage process for Mende girls in Sierra Leoneessay 1990 • Bledsoe, Caroline H.
Mende • Africa > Western Africa
This discusses dynamics of co-wife relations among polygamous Mande households. It argues that co-wife relations are characterized by apparent congeniality and equality mostly created by legal and economic necessities. When examined closely, however,...Women and marriage in Kpelle societyBook 1980 • Bledsoe, Caroline H.
Kpelle • Africa > Western Africa
This book examines the ways in which economic and political opportunities for men and women influence marriage patterns among the Kpelle. The author describes what she dubs a 'wealth in people' system, which binds people to their status superiors in ...