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The Bride Price
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ISBN10: 0807616087
ISBN13: 9780807616086
Publisher: Braziller Books
Published: May 17 1980
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780807616086
Publisher: Braziller Books
Published: May 17 1980
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Bride Price is the poignant love story of Aku-nna, a young Ibo girl, and Chike, the son of a prosperous former slave. They are drawn together despite the obstacles standing between them and their happiness, defying even the traditions of tribal life. Aku-nna flees an unwanted marriage to join Chike, only to have her uncle refuse the required bride price from Chike's family. This refusal leads to Aku-nna's haunting fear that she will die in childbirth, the fate, according to tribal lore, awaiting every young girl whose bride price is not paid.
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