Through the female protagonist of “Kehinde” (1994) and the male protagonist of “The New Tribe,” Ms. Emecheta explored the predicament of Nigerians with their feet in two cultures.

In her lifetime, Emecheta wrote over 20 books, including In the Ditch (1972), Second-Class Citizen (1974), The Bride Price (1976), The Slave Girl (1977), The Joys of Motherhood (1979) and The New ...

Buchi Emecheta in 1985. Her books, she said, “are about survival, just like my own life.” George Braziller Inc. A British-based Nigerian writer, Ms. Emecheta gave voice to African ...

Omenala Press is set to relaunch new memorial editions of Buchi Emecheta’s six titles at the ongoing Nigeria International Book Fair in Lagos. Buchi’s works, which covers are designed by the ...

Google has put out a new doodle to celebrate Buchi Emecheta, the British-Nigerian writer who died two years ago. The new Google Doodle is commemorating what would be the 75th birthday of the ...

Analysis - An Ibusa village girl at heart, Buchi overcame great hardships to become the loved and celebrated novelist of The Bride Price and The Joys of Motherhood.

Buchi Emecheta is the latest author to be celebrated as part of a Google Doodle. She is a celebrated writer in both the UK and Nigeria after writing several books about her life as an immigrant ...

A. Karthika Unnithan, Harini Jayaraman, "The New African Woman": A Study on Buchi Emecheta's Destination Biafra as a Personal War for Womanhood, Journal of African American Studies, Vol. 22, No. 2/3 ...