The Bride Price

The Bride Price This book was a story about a Nigerian family and the tradition of the bride price. Part of the story takes place in Lagos where Aku-nna, the protagonist, grew up. After her father dies she is forced to move to Ibuza to live with her father's brother in a whole different culture from her own. Her mother, Ma-Blackie married her husband's brother, Okonkwo, making him Aku-nna's step-father This entitled him to her …

…wife. It seemed like after all the obstacles that the characters face and once they are finally happy, something terrible has to happen. Regardless, I found this book to be very interesting and hard to put down. The love story that evolved was somewhat predictable yet sweet. It taught me about marriage within the culture and how relatives can marry each other but the prosperous sons' of slaves are not allowed to m Bibliography none