Vol. 5, No. 4
The Triumph of Buchi Emecheta.IN THIS ISSUE
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⎈ 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. Read the entire issue.The Latest Online
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