• M.Sujithra

The social institution of marriage and the culture of paying bride price are interlinked and from an important part in the lives of African men and woman. Like other communities, the African society has its own series of events that take place before and after marriage such as the hunting of bride by going to the prospective bride’s hut before marriage and the inheritance of a widow and her family by the brother-in-law after the death of the husband. The traditional society in African strictly follows the culture of paying for her first childbirth. The African men and woman strongly hold third belief no matter how modern the society has become in order to avoid death. In the light of these social practices and taboos prevalent in the African society, the paper analyses the reflection of the African system of marriage and the very culture of paying bride price in Buchi Emecheta’s novel The Bride Price.

Representing the African Culture in Buchi Emecheta’s The Bride Price

"Representing the African Culture in Buchi Emecheta’s The Bride Price ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.375-380, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06079.pdf

"Representing the African Culture in Buchi Emecheta’s The Bride Price ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp375-380, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06079.pdf