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Mai Neng Moua is certain that many of the people in her life won’t like her new memoir, “The Bride Price: A Hmong Wedding Story” (Minnesota Historical Society Press). That’s a tough starting place for ...

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If you grew up in the West, you might have thought that exchanges of money between families when their children got married was a practice that ended at least centuries ago. That practice is still a ...

Niam, the Hmong mother who comes to vivid life in Mai Neng Moua's new memoir, is an unlikely poster child for girl power. As a young woman in Laos, she broke the rules, running away with a suitor even ...

'The Bride Price' is taking over the Nigerian box office in two weeks. After spending just two weeks in cinemas, the indigenous film is already ruling with ₦13 million. Still, data from the Cinema ...

After the latest episode of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 days, Benjamin is defending himself. Pic credit: TLC On the latest episode of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days, Benjamin made a major flub ...

When a woman seeks to divorce her husband or a man divorces his wife under Igbo custom, the woman has to go through certain rituals called Izuchi’ahia Nwanyi. Nigeria operates what is known as a ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - It once cost several head of cattle for a South African man to set himself up with a new wife, but these days many pay in cash, and inflation -- or abuse -- can be a problem.

Will Benjamin be able to pay the bride price that Akinyi’s family is asking for? Pic credit: TLC Benjamin made his way to Kenya to meet Akinyi, the woman that he wants to marry. The problem is, if ...

“’The Princess Bride’ reveals itself as a sly parody of sword and sorcery movies, a film that somehow manages to exist on two levels at once: While younger viewers will sit spellbound at the thrilling ...