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A hungry man is an angry one.

~Buchi Emecheta

Topics: Angry Hungry Man

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Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us.

~Buchi Emecheta

Topics: Black History Over Portrayed Should Us Way Women World

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The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it. I was the typical African woman, I'd done this privately, I wanted him to look at it, approve it and he said he wouldn't read it.

~Buchi Emecheta

Topics: African Approve Book Bride Burnt Done First He Him Husband Look Price Privately Read Romantic Said Saw Typical Wanted Which Woman Wrote

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I always value my large kitchen because it was better to do everything there, you wash up, you do everything, rather than messing up another room and I pop my typewriter just next to it. So I still write now but I was doing more writing when the children were younger.

~Buchi Emecheta

Topics: Always Another Because Better Children Doing Everything Just Kitchen Large Messing More Next Now Pop Rather Room Still Than Typewriter Up Value Wash Were Write Writing You Younger

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In all my novels, I deal with the many problems and prejudices which exist for Black people in Britain today.

~Buchi Emecheta

Topics: Black Britain Deal Exist Many Novels People Prejudices Problems Today Which

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I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole picture of me; I have to both write and speak. I view my role as writer and also as oral communicator.

~Buchi Emecheta

Topics: Also Believe Both Communicator Enable Important Me Oral People Person Picture Readers Role Speak View Whole Write Writer Your I Believe

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I work toward the liberation of women, but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman.

~Buchi Emecheta

Topics: Feminist Just Liberation Toward Woman Women Work

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I came to England in 1962 as a very young bride, in my teens, hoping just to stay two years and go back.

~Buchi Emecheta

Topics: Back Bride Came England Go Hoping Just Stay Teens Two Very Years Young I Came

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As soon as I finish a book, I sell the paperback rights to different publishers and that's where I recoup my money.

~Buchi Emecheta

Topics: Book Different Finish Money Publishers Rights Sell Soon Where

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Being a woman writer, I would be deceiving myself if I said I write completely through the eye of a man. There's nothing bad in it, but that does not make me a feminist writer. I hate that name. The tag is from the Western world - like we are called the Third World.

~Buchi Emecheta

Topics: Bad Being Deceiving Does Eye Feminist Hate Like Make Man Me Myself Name Nothing Said Tag Third Third World Through Western Western World Woman World Would Write Writer I Write

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Biography

Nationality: Nigerian

Type: Novelist

Born: July 21st, 1944

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