25/09/2025
Continuation of Mr.A family odeal
Do you know that during the planning of the burial of Mr.A , the brothers with the strange woman connived and suspended the burial of Mr. A.
According to the brothers of Mr.A, that it is the custom of the people that the strange woman must be accepted and welcomed by the children of late Mr. A before Mr. A can be bur!ed.
The children of Mr. A are two girls and one boy who was incarcerated as at that time, do to the communal w@r. The female children of Mr. A cr!ed but non of the uncles was ready to give listening ear on the ground that they are women.
The uncles came up that the only way to listens to the female children of Mr. A is if they will accept the strange women with her 8 children and sell Mr. Aβs properties and share the money with the strange women and her children before anything.
Remember the strange woman state that her father was owning Mr. A some money and inline with custom , it automatically becomes bride price.
Now in law can one qualify debt as bride price?
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The answer is capital NO
The law is very clear on the meaning of bride price bcs bride price helps to do the following ππΏππΏ
Legitimizing Children: It makes the children born to the marriage legitimate children of the husband and his family.
Note that the strange women came with 8 children claiming that the first wife of Mr. A did not allow her to stay and Mr. A does not touch her, so she went out to have affairs to enable her have children. That under the custom, those children are recognizedas Mr.A children provided that the strange woman father was unanle to pay the debt to Mr.A
This children under the law cannot be recognized as children of Mr. A bcs no bride price was paid on the head of the strange woman by Mr. A and during the life time of Mr. A , he never recognized to children as his.
Cultural and Practical Roles of bride price:
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Compensation: It provides compensation to the bride's natal family for the loss of her labor and domestic contributions.
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Security for the Bride: The practice can afford the married woman respect, care, and a sense of stability within the marriage.
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Foundation of Family: The bride price helps to move from a paramour relationship to a properly established and permanent family foundation.
It's important to note that while bride price holds traditional significance, its manifestation varies across different ethnic groups, and interpretations and practices continue to evolve.