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BRIDE PRICE : a NOVEL

Aku-nna and her young brother live with their uncle in Nigeria after their father dies and then Aku-nna falls in love.

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  • "Aku-nna and her young brother live with their uncle in Nigeria after their father dies and then Aku-nna falls in love."@en
  • "Littérature de jeunesse en langue anglaise."
  • "De liefde van een Nigeriaans meisje voor een dorpsonderwijzer maakt inbreuk op de heersende tradities."
  • "Décrit, à travers l'histoire d'une jeune fille moderne du Nigeria, les mécanismes qui entrent en jeu quand l'évolution d'une société moderne entre en conflit avec les moeurs et les traditions. Originaire du Nigeria, l'auteur vit à Londres."
  • "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. As their tribe begins to welcome western education and culture, these two are drawn together despite the traditions that forbid them to marry. 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. Frustrated and abandoned by their people, Aku-naa and Chike escape to a modern world unlike any they've ever experienced. 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.This second edition includes a new introduction by Dr. Marie Linton Umeh, author of Emerging Perspectives on Buchi Emecheta (Africa World Press)."
  • "Aku-nna, a young Ibo girl schooled in her people's rituals and beliefs, undergoes kidnapping, forced betrothal, and near-shame out of love for Chike, son of a former slave."@en
  • "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."
  • "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."@en

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  • "Vertalingen (vorm)"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Textbooks"@en
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Love stories"
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Ægteskab og skilsmisse"@da
  • "Samfundsskildringer fra nutiden"@da
  • "Readers (Secondary)"@en
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "U-lande"@da
  • "Sprachübungstext"
  • "Kvindeskildringer"@da
  • "Readers (Adult)"@en
  • "Kærlighed"@da
  • "romaner"
  • "Problems and exercises"@en

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  • "La Dot"
  • "De prijs van de bruid"
  • "BRIDE PRICE : a NOVEL"@en
  • "The bride price a novel"@en
  • "The bride price a novel"
  • "The bride price : a novel"
  • "The bride price : a novel by"
  • "Bride Price"@en
  • "The bride price"
  • "The bride price"@en
  • "The Bride price"@en
  • "The Bride price"
  • "La dot"
  • "The Bride Price"
  • "The bride price : a novel"
  • "The bride price : a novel"@en
  • "Brudeprisen : roman"@da

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