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Quotes from The Bride Price — Buchi Emecheta

1944–2017 Nigeria

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Anything imported was considered to be much better than their own old ways.

The Bride Price (1976)

There were men who would go about raping young virgins of thirteen and fourteen, and still expect the women they married to be as chaste as flower buds.

The Bride Price (1976)

In Ibuza, every young man was entitled to his fun. The blame usually went to the girls. A girl who had had adventures before marriage was never respected in her new home; everyone in the village would know about her past, especially if she was unfortunate enough to be married to an egocentric man.

The Bride Price (1976)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Buchi Emecheta (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.