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Does Bride Price Buy a Wife or Bless a Marriage?
“I paid your bride price.”
And therefore… what exactly?
What comes after that sentence?
Ownership?
Authority?
Control?
Exclusive rights?
A lifetime subscription?
I genuinely want to know, because sometimes I wonder whether bride price is one of the most misunderstood cultural practices in Africa.
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Itohan: The Radical Feminist
What If You Had To Live The Life You Judged?
Itohan has opinions, a lot of them. At twenty-seven, she is fiercely independent, outspoken about women’s rights, and deeply convinced that no woman should surrender her life to a marriage she does not want.
So when her older sister announces her engagement, Itohan has plenty to say. Especially about marriage, about women, and about the choices women make when tradition, family and expectations get involved.
Then, one ordinary morning, Itohan wakes up somewhere that should not exist. There is no electricity, no phone, no running water, no Lagos she recognizes, and when she looks into a small mirror, she discovers the impossible.
Itohan: The Radical Feminist is a poignant, witty and thought-provoking Nigerian story about women, marriage, family, freedom and the choices we inherit.
Sometimes the hardest thing to learn is not how to fight for another woman’s freedom. It is how to let her decide what freedom means to her.
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From The Diaries
“You cannot control outcomes. You can only improve decisions.”
“You cannot solve the problem your imagination has created.”
“Never abandon your assignment because of somebody else’s future.”
“Never confuse losing with failing.“
“Never underestimate a second half. It has rescued many lives.“
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