Nigerian novelist, writer of short stories and nonfiction Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has weighed in on the idea of bride price in Nigerian marriages. She had an evening with some young people in Lagos
yesterday, and someone asked a question about bride price.
According to her, her dad didn’t receive any bride price during her wedding, he just collected 10kobo to make it symbolic. She also revealed she is not a fan of bride price because it ruin things.
She said:
“I am not a fan of bride price. I think we should get rid of
the whole idea of money in marriage, it ruins things. We are
not selling anybody”.
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