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

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God, when will you create a woman who will be fulfilled in herself, a full human being, not anybody’s appendage? she prayed desperately.

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Create Full Being Woman

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

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Fly Bird Dry Leaves

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Marriage is lovely when it works, but if it does not, should one condemn oneself ? I stopped feeling guilty for being me.

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Condemn Guilty Being Lovely

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Living entirely off writing is a precarious existence and money is always short, bit with careful management and planning I found I could keep my head and those of my family, through God's grace, above water.

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Water Grace God Family

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Writers simply have to write, and not worry so much about what people think, because public opinion is such a difficult horse to ride.

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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 it, approve it and he said he wouldn't read it.

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African Approve Book Bride

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

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Black Britain Deal Exist

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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.

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Believe Both Communicator Enable

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

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Feminist Liberation Toward Woman

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

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Book Different Money Publisher

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

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Developing Nigerian Rather Somebody

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I usually make sure that my stories are from Africa or my own background so as to highlight the cultural background at the same time as telling the story.

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"14 Buchi Emecheta Quotes & Sayings

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

Buchi Emecheta

God, when will you create a woman who will be fulfilled in herself, a full human being, not anybody’s appendage? she prayed desperately.

Buchi Emecheta

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

Buchi Emecheta

Marriage is lovely when it works, but if it does not, should one condemn oneself ? I stopped feeling guilty for being me.

Buchi Emecheta

Living entirely off writing is a precarious existence and money is always short, bit with careful management and planning I found I could keep my head and those of my family, through God's grace, above water.

Buchi Emecheta

Writers simply have to write, and not worry so much about what people think, because public opinion is such a difficult horse to ride.

Buchi Emecheta

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. 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.

Buchi Emecheta

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

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 to both write and speak. I view my role as writer and also as oral communicator.

Buchi Emecheta

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

Buchi Emecheta

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

Buchi Emecheta

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

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 time as telling the story.

Buchi Emecheta

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"14 Buchi Emecheta Quotes & Sayings

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

Buchi Emecheta

God, when will you create a woman who will be fulfilled in herself, a full human being, not anybody’s appendage? she prayed desperately.

Buchi Emecheta

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

Buchi Emecheta

Marriage is lovely when it works, but if it does not, should one condemn oneself ? I stopped feeling guilty for being me.

Buchi Emecheta

Living entirely off writing is a precarious existence and money is always short, bit with careful management and planning I found I could keep my head and those of my family, through God's grace, above water.

Buchi Emecheta

Writers simply have to write, and not worry so much about what people think, because public opinion is such a difficult horse to ride.

Buchi Emecheta

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. 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.

Buchi Emecheta

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

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 to both write and speak. I view my role as writer and also as oral communicator.

Buchi Emecheta

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

Buchi Emecheta

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

Buchi Emecheta

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

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 time as telling the story.

Buchi Emecheta

Buchi Emecheta Quotes & Sayings

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