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Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
is generally illegal. Polygamy is regulated under the new 2019 family law. The new regulations stipulate that a marriage is presumed to be
monogamous Monogamy ( ) is a form of Dyad (sociology), dyadic Intimate relationship, relationship in which an individual has only one Significant other, partner during their lifetime. Alternately, only one partner at any one time (Monogamy#Serial monogamy, ...
; however a couple may legally enter into a
polygynous Polygyny (; from Neoclassical Greek πολυγυνία (); ) is the most common and accepted form of polygamy around the world, entailing the marriage of a man with several women. Incidence Polygyny is more widespread in Africa than in any ...
marriage if the groom declares that he is opting for polygyny during the marriage ceremony and the bride gives "explicit consent". The new law is the result of a long legislative battle between those who wanted free polygamy without restrictions and those who wanted a complete ban. Under the previous law polygamy was banned for civil marriages, but the law was not enforced. Polygamy was widely practiced in religious marriages.


Prevalence of polygamy

The prevalence of polygamy in Guinea is one of the highest in the world, although it is today less common than in the past. UNICEF reported in 2005 that 53.4% of Guinean women aged 15–49 were in polygamous marriages. 29.8% of girls aged between 15 and 19 were in polygamous marriages. In 2020, it was estimated that about 26% of marriages were polygamous (29% Muslim and 10% Christian). Guinea is part of the "polygamy belt", a part of West and Central Africa that stretches across Africa, from Senegal to Tanzania, in which polygamy is very common and strongly rooted in culture and society. Guinea is estimated (as of 2020) to have the sixth highest polygamy rate in the world (after Burkina Faso, Mali,
Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...
, Niger and Nigeria).


References

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Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
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