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A lawyer and human rights activist, James Ibor, has advocated for an end to payment and collection of bride price in Nigeria. The lawyer also said married women should be allowed to retain their ...
A given bride price is based not just on the situations of the two interacting families, but also their awareness and concern for the moral ethos of the wider rural community. Editors: Wu Haiyun and ...
A Nigerian lady shared a photo showing a bride price list released by a family. The list sparked interesting debate among many social media users.
Bride price injects a sense of accountability into a marriage, giving both families a stake in it. This helps to create strong marriages. Tafadzwa, US/Zim. Bride price maintains respect for women, and ...
The Bride Price. The Bride Price. Special | 53m 54s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Senior Chief Theresa Kachindamoto and activists fight against cultural sexism in Malawi. Featuring Chief Theresa ...
But then she said something that caught me off-guard: “If you spread the word that you didn’t accept a bride price, your sister’s boyfriend will hear about it, and that might influence his offer to ...
Dr Sovick believes when Western culture began to seep in, that's where the bride price tradition became more money focused. (Supplied ) When the council of chiefs in Vanuatu began to see a shift ...
The recent break-up of a prospective bride and groom as a result of a failure to agree on a bride price of 300,000 yuan ($45,000) has caused heated debate online nationwide.
The bride's mother had asked the groom for 30,000 yuan ($4,200) in addition to a previously given 188,000 yuan bride price a day before the couple's wedding.
Twenty-two couples have a group wedding without a bride price in Shangqiu, Central China's Henan Province in September, 2018. Photo: VCG. Chongyi county in East China's Jiangxi Province recently ...