The Bride Price

The Bride Price
First UK edition
AuthorBuchi Emecheta
Cover artistTaiwo Jegede
PublisherAllison & Busby (UK)
George Braziller (US)
Publication date
1976
Publication placeNigeria
Pages168
ISBN978-0-85031-165-5
OCLC2912824
Preceded bySecond Class Citizen 
Followed byThe Slave Girl 

The Bride Price is a 1976 novel by Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta. It was first published in the UK by Allison & Busby, and in the USA by George Braziller. Centered on women during the Nigerian postcolonial era, Emecheta dedicated the book to her mother, Alice Ogbanje Emecheta.