Scrap Bride price Culture – Actress, Toni Tones
Nollywood actress, Toni Tones has spoken against the bride price culture which is a very important part of the African culture.
Sharing a tweet via her twitter handle she opined that the bride price culture should be scraped as women are not properties to be sold.
See her tweet below:
Not scrap but reduce the bride price because when you marry without paying anything it will amount to misuse of opportunities. Therefore, they should tamper justice mercy by reducing the money collected.
Oh dear, its not the ideal thing to do. Bride price is the price tag of respect, value and prestige a woman has as the worth over a mans property. Without bride price, a woman is more or less a piece of property a man keep in his home. Though its being exploited in some areas in Igboland, but bride price can not detarr a serious suitor from tying the nupital knot. The ceremony alone make it indelible to the man that he is taking someone precious away from her family home to bear his name and make family with him. Its not only the material things involved that matters but the slomnization of the couple
First and foremost my dear, bride price is an integral part of African culture and because some people use it to exploit suitors doesn’t make it bad
The concept behind bride price is saying that “my daughter is worthy to me and show me a proof you’re willing to take her as your wife and shower care”
So I don’t intend to debunk your claims but please revisit your tweet
First and foremost, bride price is an integral part of the African culture and Because some people use it to exploit possible suitors doesn’t make it any way bad. The concept of bride price is not in a bid to tag the girl as a commodity but it serves as a platform to show that you’re worthy of being capable of handling a father’s daughter
I wonder what makes you think so but I’m sure your father didn’t just dash you out because you too are not a commodity
Oh dear, bride price is a very integral part of the African culture and because some people use it as a means to exploit possible suitors doesn’t make it any way bad.
The concept behind bride price is based in trust issues. The father is trying to ascertain the fact that whosoever that’s willing to take his daughter’s hand in marriage must first win his trust because girls are priceless jewels in the eyes of the father’s
I don’t know the reason why you said this but I tell you that ladies are not objects sold with bride price