Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Poverty in Polygyny African Families: Polygyny creates disadvantage family

This book titled “Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Poverty in Polygyny African Families” unambiguously deliberates on several challenges faced mainly by large families peculiar to several African countries. Asides the issue of poverty and lack of funds to take care of the large families, this book further talks about the misconceptions and lack of adequate information and knowledge towards child bearing and family planning in general. Also, the misconceptions about gender equality in children as well as the huge expectations placed on the girl child at a tender age towards early child marriage.