Name: The Bride Price
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Buchi Emecheta

A Nigerian girl is allowed to finish her education because a diploma will enhance her bride price, but she then rebels against traditional marriage customs.

A Novel

The Bride Price

First published in 1976, this great literary classic follows a young Nigerian woman who rejects the patriarchal traditions of her culture to find love and happiness in the western world. With pure honesty and subtle protest, Buchi Emecheta chronicles the unfair pressure and ultimate demise that women often suffer in Nigerian lore.

Sam Pulliam

Strong

This is such a strong story that helps readers get insight into different African traditions. Such a powerful and sad story.

Marion

Aku-nna, a young Ibo girl schooled in her people's rituals and beliefs, undergoes kidnapping, forced betrothal, and near-shame out of love for Chike, son of a former slave

The Bride Price A Novel

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