"I don't view the Bride Price as me being paid for… Geoffrey can't afford me." Our latest documentary looks at Bride Price, when the groom's family pay their future in-laws ahead of the marriage. It's common across parts of Africa, and is increasingly happening in Britain too - but should it be? | Newsbeat

In this 1975 interview, Nigerian literary icon Buchi Emecheta OBE talks about her novel Second-Class Citizen, the semi-autobiographical story of Adah, a young Igbo woman who moves from Lagos to London with her husband and children. The book explores the r@c!sm and se*!sm Adah faces in 1960s England as she balances the expectations of her Nigerian culture with the challenges of life in a new country, all while pursuing her dream of becoming a writer. . Born in Lagos in 1944, Emecheta moved to the

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15K views · 335 reactions | Spanning across Ghana and Ivory Coast, the tradition of “bride price” is still very much alive, particularly among Akan men. In this practice, men are required to honor the family of their prospective brides with gifts and money as a gesture of goodwill and commitment. +✍ = @theakanindex #marriages #africa #explore #iloveafrica | I Love Africa | Facebook

Já está no nosso canal a resenha da Isa Vichi de "As alegrias da maternidade", de Buchi Emecheta. Vem ver o que ela tem a dizer sobre o livro mais amado pelos leitores entre todos os já enviados pela TAG

121K views · 4.9K reactions | BRIDE PRICE A fictional tale… any resemblance to actual persons, places or events is purely coincidental. #deliastorytime #africanfolklore #africanstory #brideprice #africanstories #morallesson #moralstories #storytime | DELIA STORY TIME | Facebook