Meaning & use
Lobola
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a bride price, traditionally paid in cattle or money, given by a groom's family to the bride's family in parts of Southern Africa
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The two families met to negotiate the lobola before the wedding could proceed.
Modern couples sometimes debate whether lobola should still be paid in cattle or in cash.
A note on using this word
A term from Nguni languages such as Zulu and Xhosa, now a standard part of South African English.
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bride pricebridewealth
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