V5, N4 The Triumph of Buchi Emecheta

Vol. 5, No. 4

The Triumph of Buchi Emecheta.

IN THIS ISSUE

COVER ESSAYS

⎈ Where Are the ‘Daughters’ of Emecheta?: Tracing Buchi Emecheta’s Influence by Elizabeth Ben-Iheanacho;

⎈ Kehinde: Mother, Woman: Identity Formation in Buchi Emecheta’s ‘Kehinde’ by Ijedike Jeboma;

⎈ Buchi Emecheta’s ‘The Joys of Motherhood’: A Precursor to Contemporary Nigerian Feminist Texts by Moboluwajidide Joseph; 

⎈  Feminism vs Womanism: Scanning Buchi Emecheta’s Oeuvre by Sujarani Mathew; and

⎈  Head Above Water: The Negotiations of Buchi Emecheta by Chika Unigwe.

FEATURE ESSAYS

⎈ Books As Ammunition: How I Found Solace Rereading Buchi Emecheta’s ‘Second Class Citizen’by Ope Adedeji;

⎈ The Long Walk to Equality: Historical Influences of Women in Igbo Society by Chinenye Anikwenze; and

⎈ Everything I Desire Is For Me: I Discovered Who I Was When I Stopped Trying to Lose Weight by Oreoluwa George-Taylor.

FIRST DRAFT

⎈ ‘Criticism Helps Us Grow’ by Elizabeth Ben-Iheanacho; and

⎈ ‘Assume Knowledge’ by Chika Unigwe. 

ART

⎈ Cover illustration: Adanna O.
⎈ First Draft: Ojima Abalaka.