Ibor said that bride price is a sign of slavery. He advocated a system where there should be exchange of gifts by the bride and groom’s families “Women are not commodities that should be ...
Featuring Chief Theresa Kachindamoto and activists, THE BRIDE PRICE explores underage marriage, sexually abusive practices and girls' rights in Malawi, a country with one of the highest rates of ...
On May 5, 2016, Electer’s father, through a lawyer, sent a tersely-worded letter to Omogo’s family, asking them to go and collect “whatever bride price you had paid.” “Arrange for the ...
The bubbly Kansiime revealed that she ended up paying her bride price, in her words ‘to make it easy for Ojok to marry her.’ “I accused someone of marrying me long enough for the whole world ...
Bride price in Nigeria is a custom that requires the groom to pay in return for the family’s consent and blessings for the bride to start a new family; however, some of these bride prices are ...
“The Bride Price” follows the story of a barely educated spare parts dealer who cuts off his wife’s family from their lives after he was made to pay through his nose for her.