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The Bride Price : a Novel by Buchi Emecheta, Marie Umeh is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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. The Bride Price is the poignant love story of Aku-nna, a young Igbo woman, and her teacher, Chike, the son of a prosperous former slave. As their tribe begins to welcome western education and culture, these two are drawn together despite the traditions that forbid them to marry. Aku-nna flees an unwanted and forced marriage to join Chike, only to have her uncle refuse the required bride price from her lover's family. Frustrated and abandoned by their people, Aku-naa and Chike escape to a modern world unlike any they've ever experienced. Despite their joy, Aku-nna is plagued by the fear the she will die in childbirth--the fate, according to tribal lore, awaiting every young mother whose bride price is left unpaid. This second edition includes a new introduction by Dr. Marie Linton Umeh, author of Emerging Perspectives on Buchi Emecheta (Africa World

Who reads The Bride Price : a Novel?

Author

Buchi Emecheta, Marie Umeh

Publisher

George Braziller Incorporated

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807616086

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.73 / 5 (703 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13