Feminism vs Womanism Scanning Buchi Emecheta’s Oeuvre
The liberation of the Black woman and the proclamation of this side-lined group as essential and complex parts of womanhood is the ultimate theme of Emecheta’s writing. Read more.
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Kehinde: Mother, Woman Identity Formation in Buchi Emecheta’s ‘Kehinde’
In 'Kehinde‘, Emecheta used brutal ‘documentary-style’ realism to showcase the plights of women in patriarchal societies, and often, the question that lay beneath was, what would our world be if women were freed from toxic gender roles? Read more.
Buchi Emecheta’s ‘The Joys Of Motherhood’ A Precursor to Contemporary Nigerian Feminist Texts
‘The Joys of Motherhood’ could be considered as one of the forebears of feminist issues on reproductive justice and culture within the rich Nigerian literary tradition. Read more.
Head Above Water The Negotiations of Buchi Emecheta
Having been brought up in a culture of storytelling, Buchi Emecheta would have been aware, from a young age, of ways in which her local tradition marginalized women and reinforced male supremacy. Read more.
‘Assume Knowledge.’ Chika Unigwe’s First Draft
Author of 'On Black Sister’s Street' and ‘Head Above Water: Scanning Buchi Emecheta’s Oeuvre’, Chika Unigwe, believes it is important for an author to know as much as possible about the characters they are writing about. Read our interview.
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.
‘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.
Everything I Desire Is For Me I Discovered Who I Was When I Stopped Trying to Lose Weight
Looking back at how my body has changed over the past 15 years, I realized that I already had all the things I was waiting to be ‘thin enough’ for. Read more.
Books As Ammunition How I Found Solace in Rereading Buchi Emecheta’s ‘Second Class Citizen’
I couldn’t see writing in my future, despite leaving Nigeria for a creative writing course. Then I read Buchi Emecheta. Read more.
The Long Walk to Equality Historical Influences on Women in Igbo Society
Many Nigerians grow up without a true appreciation of the roles women played in traditional Igbo society. Was British colonialism responsible for women's roles changing and did it cause the Aba Women's War of 1929? Read more.