The Bride Price This book was a story about a Nigerian family and the tradition of the bride price. Part of the story takes place in Lagos where Aku-nna, the protagonist, grew up. After her father dies she is forced to move to Ibuza to live with her father's brother in a whole different cult...

In Buchi Emecheta's "The Joys of Motherhood" novel, the main character, Nnu Ego shows what it means to be a woman and a mother in Nigerian society. Also, Emecheta explores the idea that women having the ability to bear children are the only way to define femininity and womanhood in t...

The story of "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker is significantly different from "The Storm" by Kate Chopin. One of the reasons for their dissimilarities is that "Everyday Use" was written almost a century after the "The Storm" was published. Another reason for...