When I came to England it wasn't what it is now, then the black people were very rarely strong. I had a personal shock because England wasn't what I expected it to be... where people lived like Jane Austen.
The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it. I was the typical African woman, … - Buchi Emecheta
The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it. I was the typical African woman, …
- Buchi Emecheta
Few things are as bad as a guilty conscience. - Buchi Emecheta
Few things are as bad as a guilty conscience.
Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us. - Buchi Emecheta
Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us.
I am a woman and a woman of Africa. I am a daughter of Nigeria and if she is in shame, I shall stayand mourn with her in shame. - Buchi Emecheta
I am a woman and a woman of Africa. I am a daughter of Nigeria and if she is in shame, I shall stayand mourn with her in shame.
I'm not just a feminist - I'm a feminist plus. - Buchi Emecheta
I'm not just a feminist - I'm a feminist plus.
Women should not be suppressed because they are women, because they have children and because of men. Then I am a feminist. But when it comes to the … - Buchi Emecheta
Women should not be suppressed because they are women, because they have children and because of men. Then I am a feminist. But when it comes to the …
But who made the law that we should not hope in our daughters? We women subscribe to that law more than anyone. Until we change all this, it is still… - Buchi Emecheta
But who made the law that we should not hope in our daughters? We women subscribe to that law more than anyone. Until we change all this, it is still…
I like to be called a Nigerian rather than somebody from the Third World or the developing or whatever. - Buchi Emecheta
I like to be called a Nigerian rather than somebody from the Third World or the developing or whatever.
I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole picture of me; I have to both write and speak. I vie… - Buchi Emecheta
I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole picture of me; I have to both write and speak. I vie…
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