Buchi Emecheta
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Book Review
Exposing the Facade of Bride Price through Buchi Emecheta’s Novel
Summary: Buchi Emecheta’s novel, The Bride Price, tells the story of Aku-nna, a young girl whose bride price becomes a determining factor in her life. In this novel, Buchi exposes the hypocrisy of Nigerian culture,…
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Rethinking Myth of Motherhood Through Buchi Emecheta’s Joys of Motherhood
Society painted motherhood as a woman’s ultimate joy. But for Nnu Ego, that joy is unattainable, replaced by endless suffering and sacrifice. Perhaps, a better title for the novel would have been “The Sorrows of…
