Buchi Emecheta

Naissance 21 July 1944 · Décès 25 January 2017

Originaire de Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria · Nationalité : Nigeria · Écrit de la fiction

Florence Onye Buchi Emecheta, born 1944 in Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Citations

“When has it ever been a virtue to be rich in wealth and poor in people?’ The relatives nodded. They understood her very well- why have heaven an earth when you have no one to share it with?”
Head Above WaterEn anglais
“Writers simply have to write, and not worry so much about what people think, because public opinion is such a difficult horse to ride.”
Head Above WaterEn anglais
“I work toward the liberation of women but I’m not a feminist. I’m just a woman.”
On rejecting being called a feminist as quoted in “Buchi Emecheta: Nigerian autEn anglais
“There were men who would go about raping young virgins of thirteen and fourteen, and still expect the women they married to be as chaste as flower buds.”
The Bride PriceEn anglais
“Reader, my story ends with freedom; not in the usual way, with marriage….The dream of my life is not yet realized. I do not sit with my children in a home of my own.”
The Slave Girl, Chapter 41En anglais

Les livres de Buchi Emecheta dans l'ordre

Les livres de Buchi Emecheta dans l'ordre de parution, de In the Ditch (1972) à Le Double joug (2001).