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The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta centers on Aku-nna, a young girl in Lagos, Nigeria, who relocates to her ancestral village with her family after her father's death. Her uncle, Okonkwo, takes them in with hopes of using her bride price for his own gain. Despite cultural taboos, Aku-nna falls for Chike, a man of slave descent, complicating her future and autonomy within a society steeped in traditional customs involving family and gender roles. Topics of gender-based violence and societal subjugation are present.