A Study On Nigerian Marriage System [Buchi Emecheta’s Bride Price]

Abstract

The paper attempts on the system of marriage in Nigeria and pay the Bride Price in marriages as dealt with in the novel of Emecheta’s Bride Price.  The African women trilogy Florence Nwapa, Alice Walker, and Buchi Emecheta touched the most sensitive topic of human history in their novels. Marriage is one of the sensitive topics of human life. Nigerian novelist Emecheta illustrated the experiences of mainstream women in her novel Bride Price. Whatever country it may be whether in India it may be Kanyasulka, or in Africa, it may be Bride Price, the position of women were relegated because of these customs and traditions. Besides the Bride Price, the novel also touches sensitively the experiences of girl children in their homes, their psychological trauma and finally selling them as commodities. This paper tries to explore the girl children's psychological trauma and experiences in a male-dominated society. Most of the third world countries established the cultures with myth and superstition. The novel explores the sufferings of an Igbo woman who wants to fight against the established customs and traditions but the novel proves the will of the community is far superior to individual will.