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 come ...
A woman from Henan Province, China, has sparked controversy by demanding to break off her engagement and return the bride price of approximately 40 million won (about 200,000 yuan) she received from ...
Bride price is an amount of money, goods and other forms of wealth given to a bride's family by the groom or his parents for the right to marry their daughter. The practice of exchanging money, goods ...
This has sparked debates on social media. These demands are seen as a barrier to matrimony, with men stating that the financial burden is too high especially as it continues into the marriage. You’ll ...
Authorities in a rural part of Henan province successfully intervened in a highly publicized wedding debacle during the National Day holiday, in which the bride's relatives attempted to prevent her ...
A video making the rounds on social media has captured the moment a White man paid a Nigerian lady's bride price virtually.
In South Sudan, there is an age-old practice called bride price. A groom's family pays a bride's family for the marriage, usually in cattle. As the Dinka tribe in South Sudan has a largely ...
Singer, Brymo, has criticised the tradition of paying the bride price, arguing that it perpetuates outdated views of women as commodities rather than individuals with autonomy. In an Instagram post on ...