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The Bride Price, by Buchi Emecheta, tells the story of a Nigerian family and their struggles after the father, who is the head of the household, suddenly dies. ... Because Aku-nna’s father died, her uncle Okonkwo is expecting to receive the bride price for Aku-nna. ... ”
The title of the book The Bride Price is emphasizing the lesson conveyed at the end of the book. In their culture, a bride price must be paid to the father of the young girl or the girl will die when she has her first child. Aku-nna directly disobeyed her whole family and her bride price was never paid.
Approximate Word count = 654 Approximate Pages = 2.6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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