Description
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 Press).
Author: Buchi Emecheta
Publisher: George Braziller
Published: 02/15/2014
Pages: 175
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780807616284
ISBN10: 0807616281
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary