‘The dream is to get to seven wives,’ said Congolese church pastor Chirhuza Zagabe who has fathered 16 children from four wives in a country that has outlawed polygamy over 30 years ago. In 2012, the 60-year-old married three women simultaneously in his church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He repudiated one for ‘bad behaviour,’ but now has four aged between 26 and 48 through other marriages. Zagabe’s situation shows that polygamy persists in the vast central African country, where advocates strongly back the practice of being married…
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