A superb female writer of fiction. Dr Emecheta, born in Nigeria, made her name as a distinguished novelist in particular in England. One of her works, Head above water continues to inspire burgeoning African writers both male and female.
Books include:
In the Ditch.
Second-Class Citizen.
The Slave Girl (London: Allison & Busby, 1977); winner of 1979 Jock Campbell Award.
The Joys of Motherhood
The Moonlight Bride
Destination Biafra (London: Allison & Busby, 1982).
Naira Power
The Rape of Shavi (London: Ogwugwu Afor, 1984).
Double Yoke
A Kind of Marriage.
Kehinde
The New Tribe (Heinemann, African Writers Series, 1999)
Studies:
Studies:
Reading Buchi Emecheta :
cross-cultural conversations by Katherine Fishburn
Emerging perspectives on Buchi Emecheta
Writing across cultures : gender politics and
difference in the fiction of Buchi Emecheta by Omar Sougou
Two voices from Nigeria : Nigeria through the
literature of Chinua Achebe and Buchi Emecheta by Lyn Reese
Buchi Emecheta's "London novels" :
an intercultural approach by Susanne Pichler
Beyond feminism : gender perspectives on Buchi
Emecheta by Neerja Chand
Women and social realism in the novels of
Buchi Emecheta by Marie Umeh
Social theory and literary sources in the
novels of Buchi Emecheta by Betty B Levitov
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