The bride price : a novel /

A young Ibo girl named Aku-nna flees an unwanted marriage to be with her true love, Chike, the son of a prosperous former slave. However, Aku-nna's uncle refuses the bride price from Chike's family, an action that frightens Aku-nna for it foreshadows her own death in childbirth.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Emecheta, Buchi
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : George Braziller, 1976.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The bride price
  • Death
  • The burial
  • Return to Ibuza
  • Life in Ibuza
  • Traditions
  • The slaves
  • A kind of marriage
  • Escape
  • Tempting providence.