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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/the-first-book-i-wrote-was-the-bride-price-which-was-a-romantic-book/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

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## More by Buchi Emecheta

> [I was a threat to a lot of women and to a lot of men. The women cannot forgive me if I remain single…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/i-was-a-threat-to-a-lot-of-women-and-to-a-lot-of-men-the-women-cannot/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [Few things are as bad as a guilty conscience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/few-things-are-as-bad-as-a-guilty-conscience/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [A hungry man is an angry one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/a-hungry-man-is-an-angry-one/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [“Quanto mais eu penso no assunto, mais me dou conta de que nós, mulheres, fixamos modelos impossíveis para nós mesmas. Que tornamos a vida…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/quanto-mais-eu-penso-no-assunto-mais-me-dou-conta-de-que-n-s-mulheres/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [“The leaves were still on the trees, but were becoming dry, perched like birds ready to fly off.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/the-leaves-were-still-on-the-trees-but-were-becoming-dry-perched-like/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/the-first-book-i-wrote-was-the-bride-price-which-was-a-romantic-book/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/in-ibuza-sons-help-their-father-more-than-they-help-their-mother-a/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [Women should not be suppressed because they are women, because they have children and because of men. Then I am a feminist. But when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/women-should-not-be-suppressed-because-they-are-women-because-they/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/black-women-all-over-the-world-should-re-unite-and-re-examine-the-way/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/when-i-came-to-england-it-wasn-t-what-it-is-now-then-the-black-people/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [I work toward the liberation of women, but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/i-work-toward-the-liberation-of-women-but-i-m-not-feminist-i-m-just-a/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [I usually make sure that my stories are from Africa or my own background so as to highlight the cultural background at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/i-usually-make-sure-that-my-stories-are-from-africa-or-my-own/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [I came to England in 1962 as a very young bride, in my teens, hoping just to stay two years and go back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/i-came-to-england-in-1962-as-a-very-young-bride-in-my-teens-hoping/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [“One thing she did not know was the greatest book on human psychology is the Bible. If you were lazy and did not wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/one-thing-she-did-not-know-was-the-greatest-book-on-human-psychology/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole picture of me; I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/i-believe-it-is-important-to-speak-to-your-readers-in-person-to/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

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