Buchi had a very interesting and quite difficult life and that reflected in her novels. Her mother Alice Ogbanje Ojebeta Emecheta was sold into slavery by her brother, so she could buy silk ties. She ...

Buchi Emecheta is a role model and a woman of strength. Considered by many to be one of the most important female African writers, she is greatly respected and admired for her creative and narrative ...

Florence Onyebuchi (Buchi) Emecheta, who blazed a trail as a women novelist, died on January 25, 2016 in London, UK. She was born 72 years ago in Lagos, Nigeria. Emecheta was a ground-breaking author ...

Buchi Emecheta, a British-based Nigerian writer who, in “Second-Class Citizen,” “The Joys of Motherhood,” and other novels gave voice to African women struggling to reconcile traditional roles with ...

In the summer of 1975, the Nigerian-born British novelist Buchi Emecheta went missing for a day. She tucked £10 into her purse and went to Buckingham Palace to watch the Changing of the Guard, then ...

Buchi Emecheta in 1985. Her books, she said, “are about survival, just like my own life.” George Braziller Inc. A British-based Nigerian writer, Ms. Emecheta gave voice to African women ...

As remains of renowned novelist Buchi Emecheta are buried today in London, some of her colleagues, including celebrated poet Niyi Osundare, iconic dramatist Femi Osofisan and her publisher Margaret ...

"I work toward the liberation of women but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman." Nigerian author Buchi Emecheta, whose works included The Joys of Motherhood, Second-Class Citizen and The Bride Price, ...

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Child slavery, motherhood, female independence and freedom through education are amongst the topics explored in over 20 books by the author Buchi Emecheta. Born in 1944 in an Ibusa village, she lost ...