Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price. (Louis Leakey)

Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price.

Louis Leakey

Related topics

bride price

Related quotes

The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. View quote
James Baldwin
True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things. View quote
Stendhal
It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price. View quote
Warren Buffett
A hierarchical society was only possible on a basis of poverty and ignorance. View quote
George Orwell
Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness, will not be happy. View quote
Yevgeny Yevtushenko