RAS History & PhilologyAsia and Africa Today

  • ISSN (Print) 0321-5075
  • ISSN (Online)2782-2389

BUCHI EMECHETA: "TO BE IS TO BE FAMOUS"

PII
S0321-50750000617-4-1
DOI
10.31857/S50000617-4-1
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
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Volume/ Edition
Volume / Issue 1
Pages
71-74
Abstract
The article is dedicated to history of Buchi Emecheta - writer and publisher, the author of over 20 books on women’s lives. On July 21, 2014 she celebrated her 70-th birthday. She lives in London since 1962. Her first novel, “In The Ditch», was published in 1972. Since then, the popularity of the writer only increased. The article traces the origins of writer’s creativity. The author analyzes gene substratum of Buchi’s works, their links with the traditions of postmodernism and Igbo people.
Keywords
Buchi Emecheta, novel, London, Nigeria, feminism, postmodernism, African diaspora
Date of publication
01.01.2015
Number of purchasers
1
Views
1303

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