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The bride price : [electronic resource] a novel / by Buchi Emecheta.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : G. Braziller, 1976.Description: 168 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0807608181 :
  • 9780807608180
  • 080760951X (pbk.)
  • 9780807609514 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823
LOC classification:
  • PZ4.E525 Br3 PR9387.9.E36
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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