Brides Quote 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…

— Buchi Emecheta

Few things are as bad as a guilty conscience.

— Buchi Emecheta

A hungry man is an angry one.

— 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…

— Buchi Emecheta

“The leaves were still on the trees, but were becoming dry, perched like birds ready to fly off.”

— 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.…

— 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…

— 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…

— Buchi Emecheta

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

— 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…

— Buchi Emecheta

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

— 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…

— Buchi Emecheta