Buchi Emecheta Quotes

I am a woman and a woman of Africa. I am a daughter of Nigeria and if she is in shame, I shall stayand mourn with her in shame.

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

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

A hungry man is an angry one.

I'm not just a feminist - I'm a feminist plus.

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.

Few things are as bad as a guilty conscience.

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

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

I like to be called a Nigerian rather than somebody from the Third World or the developing or whatever.

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

She had gambled with marriage, just like most people, but she had gambled unluckily and had lost.