Buchi Emecheta
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Florence Onyebuchi "Buchi" Emecheta OBE (July 21, 1944 – 25 January 25, 2017) was a Nigerian-born novelist.
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- In all my novels…I deal with the many problems and prejudices which exist for Black people in Britain today.
- On her major themes in “Interview with Buchi Emecheta” (Philip Emeagwali)
- 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 view my role as writer and also as oral communicator.
- On speaking to readers in “Interview with Buchi Emecheta” (Philip Emeagwali)
- I work toward the liberation of women but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman.
- On rejecting being called a feminist (as quoted in “Buchi Emecheta: Nigerian author who championed girls dies aged 72” in BBC News; 2017 Jan 26)
- Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us.
- On how Black women should challenge historical representations (as quoted in “Buchi Emecheta: Nigerian author who championed girls dies aged 72” in BBC News in BBC News; 2017 Jan 26)
