The Documentary Podcast
The Documentary Podcast
BBC World Service
Uganda: The Price of Marriage
27 minutes Posted Jun 20, 2018 at 4:00 am.
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In a quest to show off new-found wealth or social status, and in a race to out-do their neighbours, people are going to extremes to put on the most lavish wedding. Ugandan nuptials are now big business with big dresses, big venues and big bills. Having reached marrying age British-Ugandan journalist Mugabi Turya travels to Uganda to find what it really costs to get married.