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Buchi Emecheta

Nigerian writer (1944–2017)

  • Fame53.0
  • Momentum0.0
  • Nigeria rank#205
Source-basedFalling
  • Fame53.0
  • Momentum0.0
  • Nigeria rank#205
  • Wikipedia2.4K
Lived 1944–2017, aged 73Nigeria
NigeriaNigeriaWritersWriter / Author
  • Wikipedia
    38 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Nigeria
    #205
    Writers
  • Era
    1944–2017
    Aged 73
  • Known for
    A Kind of Marriage
    1976
Summary
Updated 2026-06-09

Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian writer, whose work includes novels, plays, autobiography, and children's books. She was best known for her 1974 novel, Second Class Citizen. Her other novels include 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".

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53.0
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Historical22.9
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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#205
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