Buchi
Emecheta
Years: 2001
Buchi Emecheta OBE (born July 21, 1944, Lagos, Nigeria—died January 25, 2017, London, England) was an Igbo writer who wrote novels, plays, autobiography, and children’s book. She is known for her first novel, Second Class Citizen. Others include The Bride Price, The Slave Girl and The Joys of Motherhood. Her novels deal largely with the difficult and unequal role of women in both immigrant and African societies and explore the tension between tradition and modernity.
Buchi Emecheta OBE (born July 21, 1944, Lagos, Nigeria—died January 25, 2017, London, England) was an Igbo writer who wrote novels, plays, autobiography, and children’s book. She is known for her first novel, Second Class Citizen. Others include The Bride Price, The Slave Girl and The Joys of Motherhood. Her novels deal largely with the difficult and unequal role of women in both immigrant and African societies and explore the tension between tradition and modernity.
