In some communities, the giving of bride price is sadly regarded as ‘buying the bride’ or compensation for resources spent bringing up the young woman, writes PETER MUIRURI A few years ago ...

"I don't view the Bride Price as me being paid for… Geoffrey can't afford me," says Angela, a British-born Ghanaian describing a family tradition common across Sub-Saharan Africa. "Instead I ...

At the risk of being ostracised by my Kikuyu people, I just have to say that the paying of bride price is a primitive and absurd tradition that needs to die. There, I said it: ruracios are stupid ...

A lawyer and human rights activist, James Ibor, has advocated for an end to payment and collection of bride price in Nigeria. The lawyer also said married women should be allowed to retain their ...

olygamy, still practiced in some parts of Papua New Guinea (PNG), symbolized wealth and status in the country’s so-called “big man” culture. The greater the fortune a man accumulated, the ...

This is one of the tribes where the bride price is as low as they come, not even up to ₦200 in some cases. But apart from the bride price, marrying an Urhobo girl entails a whole lot more.

“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.

Different tribes have different traditions when it comes to the bride price and for today, the focus will be on the Urhobo tribe. This is one of the tribes where the bride price is as low as they ...

A retail giant in China is stirring up discussions on social media with controversial new rules that require employees to reject bride prices, forgo extravagant weddings, and avoid depending on ...

According to the crime ring’s meticulously planned marriage scam, if the groom was detained for doing so, the woman could file a divorce and would not be required to return the bride price.