Description
In Lagos and then in her family’s ancestral village, Aku-nna is raised amid the shifting promises of love, duty, and survival—until the death of her father leaves her future in the hands of tradition. As she approaches womanhood, an ambitious uncle arranges her marriage for a high bride price, turning her body and choices into currency while education and personal desire are treated as luxuries. Caught between forbidden love and the demands of a patriarchal system, Aku-nna fights to claim dignity, agency, and a life shaped by her own ambitions. With Buchi Emecheta’s incisive, emotionally charged storytelling, the novel exposes how cultural customs can both sustain and endanger families, and how a young woman’s worth is negotiated in the spaces between wealth, power, and self-determination.
Available Editions
paperback
George Braziller
Published Jan 1, 1976
1 pages
ISBN: 9780807609514
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Details
First Published
1976
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta.