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"The Bride Price" Quotes
A young Nigerian woman named Aku-nna struggles against tradition and family expectations as she seeks autonomy over her marriage and destiny.
Quotes
A girl who runs away from her bride price is a slave to her pride.
In Ibuza, life was lived according to the customs of the ancestors.
The price of a bride is not always measured in money, but in sorrow and sacrifice.
We are all bound by the chains of our upbringing.
To refuse the bride price is to refuse your people.
Her dreams were like the river, flowing but never reaching the sea.
Sometimes, the love that should save us is the love that destroys us.
She was a woman in a world that punished women for wanting more.
What is the use of education if it cannot free you from the old ways?
Love is not enough in a world ruled by customs.