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.
Marie Linton Umeh, author of Emerging Perspectives on Buchi Emecheta (Africa World Press)..
This second edition includes a new introduction by Dr.
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.
Frustrated and abandoned by their people, Aku-naa and Chike escape to a modern world unlike any they\'ve ever experienced.
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.
As their tribe begins to welcome western education and culture, these two are drawn together despite the traditions that forbid them to marry.
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
