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    The Bride price / Buchi Emecheta ; retold by Rosemary Border.

    By: Border, Rosemary, 1943-Contributor(s): Emecheta, Buchi. Bride priceMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Oxford bookworms libraryStage 5Human interest: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2008Edition: Simplified edDescription: 104 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780194792189; 0194792188Subject(s): Readers | Bride price -- Nigeria -- Fiction | Girls -- Nigeria -- Fiction | Orphans -- Nigeria -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Nigeria -- Fiction | Spouses -- Nigeria -- Fiction | Nigeria -- Social life and customs -- FictionDDC classification: 428.6 LOC classification: PE1126.B673 | B753 2008Online resources: Publisher description
    Contents:
    Father goes away -- A death in the family -- The funeral -- The journey to Ibuza -- Traditions -- The slaves -- One of the girls -- Kidnapped! -- A forced wedding -- The escape -- Too good to be true? -- The unpaid price -- Joy.
    Summary: 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.
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    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.

    Father goes away -- A death in the family -- The funeral -- The journey to Ibuza -- Traditions -- The slaves -- One of the girls -- Kidnapped! -- A forced wedding -- The escape -- Too good to be true? -- The unpaid price -- Joy.

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