Buchi Emecheta
Sign in to saveNigerian writer (1944–2017)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 21 July 1944
- Died
- 25 January 2017
- Works
- 47
Top works
- Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum
- Naira Power
- The Joys of Motherhood
- Le double joug
- The moonlight bride
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 66
- Total plays
- 2,887
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Coronary flow reserve as a physiologic measure of stenosis severity
· 1990 · cited 428x
- A facile one-pot green synthesis and antibacterial activity of 2-amino-4H-pyrans and 2-amino-5-oxo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-chromenes
· 2009 · cited 420x
- <b>Aflatoxins B and G</b>
· 1963 · cited 245x
- Integrating TAM, TPB and TOE frameworks and expanding their characteristic constructs for e-commerce adoption by SMEs
· 2015 · cited 233x
- Nanosized magnesium oxide as catalyst for the rapid and green synthesis of substituted 2-amino-2-chromenes
· 2007 · cited 209x
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Key facts
- Born
- Florence Onyebuchi Emecheta , ( 1944-07-21 ) 21 July 1944, Lagos , Lagos State , Nigeria
- Died
- 25 January 2017 (2017-01-25) (aged 72), London , England
- Education
- Methodist Girls' School , University of London
- Occupation
- Writer
- Notable work
- In the Ditch (1972) Second Class Citizen (1974) The Bride Price (1976) The Slave Girl (1977) The Joys of Motherhood (1979)
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Key dates
- Born
- 21 July 1944
- Died
- 25 January 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Lagos
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- children's writer
- Educated at
- University of London
- Employer
- University of London
- Languages spoken
- Igbo
Article
Buchi Emecheta (Listen OBE; born Florence Onyebuchi Emecheta; 21 July 1944 – 25 January 2017) was a Nigerian writer, whose work includes novels, plays, autobiography, and children's books. She was best known for her 1974 novel, Second Class Citizen. Her other novels include The Bride Price (1976), The Slave Girl (1977), and The Joys of Motherhood (1979). Emecheta has been characterized as "the first successful black woman novelist living in Britain after 1948".
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Emecheta wrote from her childhood experiences, where she explored child slavery, motherhood, female independence and freedom through education, and using them in her works, gained recognition from critics and honours especially with her debut novel, Second Class Citizen. Her works often explore the themes of culture, and tensions between tradition and modernity. Most of her early novels were published by Allison and Busby with Margaret Busby as her editor.
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1944 births2017 deaths20th-century Nigerian novelists20th-century Nigerian scientists20th-century Nigerian women writers20th-century sociologists20th-century women sociologistsAcademics of the University of LondonAcademic staff of the University of CalabarAlumni of the University of LondonAlumni of University of London WorldwideBlack British women writers