Buchi Emecheta

Buchi Emecheta (born Florence Onyebuchi Emecheta; 21 July 1944 – 25 January 2017) was a Nigerian writer who wrote novels, plays, autobiography, and children's book. She is known for her first novel, ''Second Class Citizen'' (1974). Others includes, ''The Bride Price'' (1976), ''The Slave Girl'' (1977) and ''The Joys of Motherhood'' (1979). Emecheta has been characterized as "the first successful black woman novelist living in Britain after 1948".

Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Emecheta's themes of child slavery, motherhood, female independence and freedom through education gained recognition from critics and honours especially with her debut novel, ''Second Class Citizen''. Her works often explore the themes of culture, and tension between tradition and modernity. Most of her early novels were published by Allison and Busby, and editor as Margaret Busby. Provided by Wikipedia