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When women pay their bride-price

Traditionally, the payment of bride-price has been the responsibility of the man and his family. But women are increasingly helping out their men in this for various reasons. KENAN MIRUKA explores the trend

The practice of bride-price payment has, since medieval times, remained a fixture in many a union between man and woman.

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