A Wife among wives

Duration: 70

Year Published: 1982

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Women of the Turkana people in northern Kenya discuss marriage and polygamy as plans for a wedding in an important Turkana homestead unfold. This documentary reveals why women support polygamy as a source of solidarity among them. Turkana women are well aware of the contradictory problems associated with individual liberty and communal survival.

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