Abstract
In this paper I view the amount of bride wealth paid as a distinct part of a larger bride wealth institution, and present an economic explanation for the variation in amount paid among the pastoralists of East Africa. Citing the importance of labor and nomadic movements to the size of pastoral cattle herds, the amount of bride wealth paid is seen as a function of these constraints. Statistical analysis of the data on bride wealth and nomadic pattern yields a nearly perfect cor relation supporting this view.
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