Kudin goro

The Bride Price wani littafi ne na 1976 na marubucin Najeriya Buchi Emecheta . Allison & Busby ne suka fara buga shi a Burtaniya, kuma George Braziller ne ya buga shi a Amurka. An kafa shi ne a kan mata a lokacin mulkin mallaka na Najeriya, Emecheta ta keɓe littafin ga mahaifiyarta, Alice Ogbanje Emecheta .

## Tarihi
The Bride Price shine littafi na farko da Emecheta ya rubuta, amma asalinsa ya ɓace lokacin da mijinta ya jefa rubutun a kan wuta - wanda aikin hallaka ya zama na ƙarshe a cikin auren da ta bar daga baya. Daga baya ta sake rubuta littafin, kuma Allison & Busby ne suka buga shi a London a 1976, bayan kamfanin ya buga littafin Second Class Citizen (1974). 

## Takaitaccen Bayani
A birnin Legas, Ibo Aku-nna da ɗan'uwanta, Nna-nndo, mahaifinsu Ezekiel ne ya yi musu ban kwana, wanda ya ce yana zuwa asibiti na 'yan sa'o'i - mahaifiyarsu, Ma Blackie, ta dawo gida a Ibuza, tana yin bukukuwan haihuwa. Ya zama bayyananne cewa ya fi rashin lafiya fiye da yadda ya sanar da 'ya'yansa, kuma ya mutu makonni uku bayan haka. Suna da jana'izar ranar da Ma Blackie ta iso; ta dawo da su Ibuza tare da ita, kamar yadda yanzu ta zama matar ɗan'uwan Ezekiel.

Iyalin suna da matsala a Ibuza - Ma Blackie tana da wasu kudinta, don haka 'ya'yanta suna samun ilimi fiye da sauran yara a ƙauyen, musamman' ya'yan sauran matan sabon mijinta. Aku-nna tana bunƙasa, kodayake tana da ƙanƙanta kuma ba ta da hankali, kuma ta fara jawo hankalin samari a unguwar, kodayake ba ta riga ta fara haila ba. Mahaifinta Okonkwo, wanda ke da burin zama shugaban, ya fara tsammanin babban farashi na amarya a gare ta. A halin yanzu, ta fara fadawa ga malaminta Chike, wanda shi ma ya ci gaba da sha'awar ta. Chike shine zuriyar bayi - lokacin da mulkin mallaka ya fara, Ibo sau da yawa suna aika bayinsu zuwa makarantun mishan don su iya faranta wa masu wa'azi a ƙasashen waje rai ba tare da rushe rayuwar Ibo ba, kuma yanzu zuriyar waɗancan bayi suna riƙe da mafi yawan matsayi na musamman a yankin.

Ƙananan asalin Chike yana nufin ba zai yiwu Okonkwo ya yarda ya auri Aku-nna ba, kodayake iyalinsa suna da wadata sosai don ba da kyautar amarya mai karimci. Lokacin da Aku-nna ta fara haila - alamar cewa yanzu ta isa ta yi aure - da farko ta ɓoye shi don hana rikici da ba za a iya gujewa ba. Lokacin da ta bayyana cewa tana da lokacinta, samari sun zo kotu kuma Okonkwo ya sami tayin da yawa. Wata dare, bayan ta gano cewa ta wuce jarrabawar makaranta (ma'ana tana iya zama malama, tana samun kuɗi ta hanyar da ba farashin amarya ba) ita da sauran matasan mata na shekarunta suna yin rawa don bikin Kirsimeti mai zuwa lokacin da maza suka fashe kuma suka sace ta.

Iyalin wani mai girman kai mai rauni, Okoboshi, sun sace ta ta ta zama amaryarsa don "ceton" ta daga hankalin Chike. A daren bikin aurenta, ta yi ƙarya kuma ta gaya wa Okoboshi cewa ba budurwa ba ce kuma ta yi barci da Chike; ya ki ya taɓa ta. Kashegari, labarin kunyarta ya riga ya bazu a ƙauyen lokacin da Chike ya cece ta da su biyu suka tsere, suka gudu zuwa Ughelli inda Chike ke da aiki. Su biyu sun fara rayuwa mai farin ciki tare, sun lalace saboda laifin da ta yi game da farashin amarya da ba a biya ba - Okonkwo, cikin fushi, ya ki karɓar duk wani tayin da mahaifin Chike ya yi, kuma ya kai ga saki Ma Blackie kuma ya azabtar da yar tsana da aka yi a cikin hoton Aku-nna.

Lokacin da Aku-nna ta ji rashin lafiya, sai ta koma gida. A can ba ta da tabbacin ko za ta haifi jariri. Ba da daɗewa ba likita a kamfanin mai na Chike ya tabbatar da cewa Aku-nna za ta haifi jariri. Daga baya lokacin da ta ji rashin lafiya kuma ta yi ihu, Chike ta kawo ta asibiti. A can, Aku-nna ya mutu a lokacin haihuwa. Chike ya yi wa jaririnsa farin ciki baftisma.

## Karɓar karɓa mai mahimmanci
**The Bride Price** (Farashin Amarya) an yi masa karbuwa sosai a bangarorin biyu na Tekun Atlantika. **Peter Tinniswood**, wanda ya rubuta a *The Times*, ya bayyana littafin da cewa "abin burgewa ne kwarai", inda ya kammala da cewa:

"A cikin shekaru goma da suka wuce, akwai adabin ban sha'awa da ke fitowa daga Baƙar Afirka, kuma wannan littafi yana daga cikin manyan ayyuka a wannan gabar. Ina ba da shawarar karantawa da gaske, ba tare da wata shakka ba."

**Anthony Thwaite** ya rubuta a *The Observer* cewa:

"Buchi Emecheta marubuciya ce mai motsa rai ba tare da wahala ba, wadda take gamsar da mai karatu ta hanyar sauƙin labarta da gaskiyar halayen da ta ƙirƙira."

**Hilary Bailey** a *Tribune* ta lura da cewa littafin:

"Ya yi nasarar nuna wa mai karatu gaskiyar rayuwa da muke fuskanta duka, ta hanyar hikima da sauƙin fahimta."

**Susannah Clapp** a *The Times Literary Supplement* ta ce:

"Ingancin wannan littafi baya ta'allaka sosai da labari ko ƙirƙirar halaye, sai dai a kan bayanan da ya bayar

Binciken da aka yi a cikin The New Yorker ya yi sharhi: "Rashin jituwa na al'adun Kirista da na Afirka, na tsararraki, na tsufa da na zamani, da kuma al'adun rukuni da kuma mutum za a nuna su a cikin wannan littafi mai tsabta, mai laushi.... Marubucin yana da salon da ya dace, mai ban sha'awa kuma yana sarrafawa don isar da duk wani abu mai ban shahara, talauci, camfi, da kuma zalunci na al'ada har yanzu (ga masu karatu na Yammaci) yayin da yake riƙe da labarinta a matsayin mai kaifi a matsayin mai laushi a matsayin mai kyau a matsayin ballad.

## Manazarta

## Haɗin waje

* Margaret Busby, "Inda za a fara da: Buchi Emecheta", *The Guardian*, 20 Maris 2024.