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A few months ago, I wrote an article about the bridewealth custom (also known as bride-price) practiced in many Sub-Saharan African countries such as Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, ...

MARRIAGE IN CHINA can be mercenary. “Is 380,000 yuan a lot for a bride price?” a woman in Guangdong asks on a social-media site. She is thinking of getting married, and wants to know how much her ...

This is the first article in a series on bride prices. Few topics are the subject of more debate — or more clickbait headlines — in China than the sky-high bride prices found in some rural areas. Last ...

YINCHUAN — As Spring Festival approaches, many in China may see it as an ideal time to propose marriage and discuss the traditional bride price with their future in-laws. While the practice of bride ...

The family of the founder of Peace of Jerusalem Revival Ministry, Prophetess Lilian Chibuzor Abua, has said that the four children she had for her ex-husband, Prophet Ayodeji Obayan, would not bear ...

Senior Chief Theresa Kachindamoto and activists fight against cultural sexism in Malawi. Featuring Chief Theresa Kachindamoto and activists, THE BRIDE PRICE explores underage marriage, sexually ...

This is the second article in a series on bride prices. Part one, on how the practice varies by region, can be found here. Bai, a doctor who runs a clinic in a largely rural county in northwestern ...

Terrorism experts have long known that poverty is a factor in tempting young men to join radical terrorist groups, but what about bride prices? A new article in MIT Press Journal argues that many ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - It once cost several head of cattle for a South African man to set himself up with a new wife, but these days many pay in cash, and inflation -- or abuse -- can be a problem.

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