From the novel; The Lion and the Jewel
This question is based on Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel
Lakunle declines to pay bride price on Sidi because he sees tradition as
- unholy
- illegal
-
babaric
- childish
The correct answer is: C
Explanation
Lakunle declines to pay bride price on Sidi because he sees the tradition as barbaric. Lakunle labels the culture that persists on a bride price being paid before a man can marry a woman as "a savage custom, barbaric, outdated" (p. 7)