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The Bride Price
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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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- ISBN-13: 9780807616086
- ISBN-10: 0807616087
- Publisher: Braziller Books
- Publish Date: May 1980
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.56 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.81 pounds
- Page Count: 170
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