Where Are the ‘Daughters’ of Emecheta? Tracing Buchi Emecheta’s Influence
Buchi Emecheta was an acclaimed author of more than 20 books whose writing, according to Margaret Busby, ‘epitomized female independence’. Read more.
Elizabeth O. Ben-Iheanacho
‘Criticism Helps Us Grow.’ Elizabeth Ben-Iheanacho’s First Draft
Critic and author of ‘Achebe’s Women’, Elizabeth Ben-Iheanacho, wishes more authors appreciated the productive purpose of criticism. Read our interview.
Finding Self: Of Gods, Contestation and Containment Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater
A dark story about recognizing and coming to terms with the many fragments of our being, Akwaeke Emezi’s debut novel, Freshwater, is a macabre and jarring tale of contestation and containment.
Achebe’s Women A Feminist Reading of Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah
A feminist reading of Achebe's texts is a restoration of the visions of women not only in Africa's past but also in the continent's present and the future.
Elizabeth O. Ben-Iheanacho
is a literary critic and administrator of culture based in Abuja.