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BY Francis Akhalbey, 10:00am July 21, 2020,

Celebrating Buchi Emecheta’s legacy with 10 of her powerful quotes

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by Francis Akhalbey, 10:00am July 21, 2020,
Buchi Emecheta's 75th Birthday

“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.”

Last Edited by:Kent Mensah Updated: July 21, 2020

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