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西アフリカで一妻多夫制が多い地方は、かつてアメリカ大陸向け男性奴隷狩りが
行われた地域であることが分かった。奴隷制の傷跡がここにも。
・・・West African slaves were mostly sent to the New World, where buyers strongly preferred men
capable of performing backbreaking tasks on plantations. By contrast, buyers in slave trades centered
on the Indian Ocean and Red Sea were often looking for women who could work as domestic servants
or concubines. ・・・
The researchers found that groups hit heavily by trans-Atlantic slavery were significantly more likely
to have a high percentage of polygynous marriages. ・・・
It's merely a reminder of how deeply slavery scarred every layer of African life.
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