When I came to England it wasn't what it is now, then the black people were very rarely strong. I had a personal shock because England wasn't what I expected it to be... where people lived like Jane Austen. — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share Image
I was a threat to a lot of women and to a lot of men. The women cannot forgive me if I remain single… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share
“Quanto mais eu penso no assunto, mais me dou conta de que nós, mulheres, fixamos modelos impossíveis para nós mesmas. Que tornamos a vida… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share
“The leaves were still on the trees, but were becoming dry, perched like birds ready to fly off.” — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share
The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it.… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share
“In Ibuza sons help their father more than they help their mother. A mother's joy is only in the name. She worries over them,looks… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share
Women should not be suppressed because they are women, because they have children and because of men. Then I am a feminist. But when… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share
Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us. — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share
When I came to England it wasn't what it is now, then the black people were very rarely strong. I had a personal shock… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share
I work toward the liberation of women, but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman. — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share
I usually make sure that my stories are from Africa or my own background so as to highlight the cultural background at the same… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share
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 Copy Share
“One thing she did not know was the greatest book on human psychology is the Bible. If you were lazy and did not wish… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share
I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole picture of me; I have… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share
