Buchi Emecheta wrote fiction about Nigerian women negotiating family duty, migration, motherhood and economic independence. Second-Class Citizen follows Adah from Lagos to London, where racism, poverty and an abusive marriage complicate her determination to write and support her children. The Joys of Motherhood centres on Nnu Ego in colonial Lagos and questions the belief that motherhood automatically guarantees fulfilment or security. The Bride Price and The Slave Girl turn to younger women whose choices are constrained by family structures, money and custom. Emecheta's prose is direct and accessible, with social pressures shown through everyday work and relationships. Her books fit Nigerian literature, migration fiction, feminist classics and postcolonial women's writing. Read more Less
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