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A novel by a Nigerian-born author which explores the constraints of a tradition under which women are defined in purely monetary terms. When Aku-nna and her family are inherited by her uncle, who values her only for the high bride-price she is expected to fetch, she defies convention and society.

Hardcover:

9780435909994 | Heinemann, June 1, 1996, cover price $25.01 | About this edition: A novel by a Nigerian-born author which explores the constraints of a tradition under which women are defined in purely monetary terms.

Paperback:

9780807616284 | George Braziller, February 15, 2014, cover price $14.95
9780194792189, titled "The Bride Price: 1800 Headwords" | Oxford Univ Pr, February 10, 2008, cover price $9.38
9780807609514 | George Braziller, June 1, 1976, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Aku-nna, a young Ibo girl schooled in her people's rituals and beliefs, undergoes kidnapping, forced betrothal, and near-shame out of love for Chike, son of a former slave

Prebinding:

9781439558836 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, October 8, 2008), cover price $23.95 | About this edition: A novel by a Nigerian-born author which explores the constraints of a tradition under which women are defined in purely monetary terms.
9780613125352 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $19.05 | About this edition: Aku-nna, a young Ibo girl schooled in her people's rituals and beliefs, undergoes kidnapping, forced betrothal, and near-shame out of love for Chike, son of a former slave

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After living in London for several years with a prestigious banking job, Kehinde agrees to return to her native Nigeria with her husband and children, but must decide whether or not to stay when her husband takes a new wife and wants her to be the subservient wife

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9781577664192 | Revised edition (Waveland Pr Inc, July 29, 2005), cover price $14.95
9780435909857 | Heinemann, March 1, 1994, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: After living in London for several years with a prestigious banking job, Kehinde agrees to return to her native Nigeria with her husband and children, but must decide whether or not to stay when her husband takes a new wife and wants her to be the subservient wife

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Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

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9780807608012 | George Braziller, August 1, 1975, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Adah, a young Ibo woman, in London with her student husband, determines to hold her own against her people's and her husband's demands for womanly subservience and the pressures of an unsympathetic white society

Paperback:

9780807610664 | Reprint edition (George Braziller, February 1, 1983), cover price $14.95

Prebinding:

9781417621941 | Turtleback Books, January 1, 2002, cover price $24.45 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

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Product Description: When a baby girl is abandoned at birth, Reverend Arlington and his wife Ginny are only too happy to adopt her. The media cover this moving story, and a Nigerian woman living in England takes more than a passing interest in the Arlingtons...read more

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9780435912048 | Heinemann, December 29, 2000, cover price $16.19 | About this edition: When a baby girl is abandoned at birth, Reverend Arlington and his wife Ginny are only too happy to adopt her.

By Jennifer Bassett (contributor), Rosemary Border (contributor) and Buchi Emecheta

Paperback:

9780194230599 | Oxford Univ Pr, November 16, 2000, cover price $6.50

Two young girls in a Nigerian village overhear the secret preparations for a wedding and try to discover the names of the bride and groom

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9780807610633 | George Braziller, April 1, 1983, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Two Nigerian girls overhear some elders making secret preparations for a marriage.

Prebinding:

9781417603787, titled "Moonlight Bride" | Turtleback Books, February 1, 1998, cover price $19.60 | About this edition: Two Nigerian girls overhear some elders making secret preparations for a marriage.

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Nnu Ego, a hard-working, optimistic Ibo woman, remains fiercely determined to save her children from the devastation of war, the erosion of village life, and the breakdown of tradition

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9780435909727, titled "The Joys of Motherhood" | Reissue edition (Heinemann, February 4, 1994), cover price $12.95
9780807609507 | George Braziller, March 1, 1980, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Nnu Ego, a hard-working, optimistic Ibo woman, remains fiercely determined to save her children from the devastation of war, the erosion of village life, and the breakdown of tradition

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Product Description: A lone Nigerian mother is determined to carve a place for herself against all odds. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780435909949 | Reprint edition (Heinemann, March 1, 1994), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A lone Nigerian mother is determined to carve a place for herself against all odds.
9780805280104 | Schocken Books, April 1, 1980, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Separated from her husband, Adah, a young Nigerian, attempts to support her five children, continue attending school, and avoid interference from London's welfare system

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Product Description: This novel dramatizes the painful birth of the republic of Biafra in the late 1960s.

Hardcover:

9780805281194 | Not Applicable, June 1, 1982, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Debbie Ogedemgbe joins the army to help her country, but is uncertain whether her English lover, Alan Grey, a military advisor, is concerned with Nigeria or British interests in Africa

Paperback:

9780435909925 | Reprint edition (Heinemann, March 1, 1994), cover price $11.95 | About this edition: This novel dramatizes the painful birth of the republic of Biafra in the late 1960s.

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Product Description: "As for my survival for the past twenty years in England, from when I was a little over twenty, dragging four cold and dripping babies with me and pregnant with the fifth one - that is a miracle. And if for any reason you do not believe in miracles, please start believing, because keeping my head above water in this indifferent society...read more

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9780435909932 | Reissue edition (Heinemann, March 1, 1994), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: "As for my survival for the past twenty years in England, from when I was a little over twenty, dragging four cold and dripping babies with me and pregnant with the fifth one - that is a miracle.
9781879831063 | Kayode Pubn, December 1, 1991, cover price $10.95

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By the time she leaves Jamaica to join her family in London, Gwendolen feels alienated both from them and her culture, by the curses of poverty, illiteracy, and rape

Hardcover:

9780807612453 | 1 edition (George Braziller, March 1, 1990), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: By the time she leaves Jamaica to join her family in London, Gwendolen feels alienated both from them and her culture, by the curses of poverty, illiteracy, and rape

Paperback:

9780807612507 | George Braziller, April 1, 1990, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: By the time she leaves Jamaica to join her family in London, Gwendolen feels alienated both from them and her culture, by the curses of poverty, illiteracy, and rape

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Paperback:

9780807611289 | Reprint edition (George Braziller, August 1, 1985), cover price $13.50

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The way of life of a small African country is disrupted by the arrival of a group of whites

Hardcover:

9780807611173 | George Braziller, March 1, 1985, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The way of life of a small African country is disrupted by the arrival of a group of whites

Paperback:

9780807611180 | George Braziller, March 1, 1985, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The way of life of a small African country is disrupted by the arrival of a group of whites

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Sixteen-year-old Okei, left an orphan after the Nigerian civil war, engages in a wrestling match to prove to his critical uncle and aunt that he is not as idle and worthless as they think.

Hardcover:

9780807610602 | George Braziller, June 1, 1983, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: In the aftermath of the Nigerian Civil War, the elders of a small village try to teach a lesson to a group of disobedient boys

Paperback:

9780807610619 | George Braziller, June 1, 1983, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: In the aftermath of the Nigerian Civil War, the elders of a small village try to teach a lesson to a group of disobedient boys

Product Description: A group of London school children have difficulty finding a safe place to play during the summer vacation.

Hardcover:

9780805280586 | Schocken Books, March 1, 1981, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: A group of London school children have difficulty finding a safe place to play during the summer vacation.

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Nnu Ego, a hard-working, optimistic Ibo woman, remains fiercely determined to save her children from the devastation of war, the erosion of village life, and the breakdown of tradition

Hardcover:

9780807609149 | George Braziller, June 1, 1979, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Nnu Ego, a hard-working, optimistic Ibo woman, remains fiercely determined to save her children from the devastation of war, the erosion of village life, and the breakdown of tradition

Paperback:

9780807616239, titled "The Joys of Motherhood: A Novel" | 2 edition (George Braziller, August 7, 2013), cover price $14.95

Aku-nna, a young Ibo girl schooled in her people's rituals and beliefs, undergoes kidnapping, forced betrothal, and near-shame out of love for Chike, son of a former slave

Hardcover:

9780807608180 | George Braziller, March 1, 1976, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Aku-nna, a young Ibo girl schooled in her people's rituals and beliefs, undergoes kidnapping, forced betrothal, and near-shame out of love for Chike, son of a former slave

Paperback:

9789990020151, titled "Bride Price A Novel" | W W Norton & Co Inc, June 1, 1976, cover price $0.02

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