Florence Onyebuchi 'Buchi' Emecheta aka OBE born on the 21st of July in Nigeria was based in Britain since independence,studying at the University of London.She was a famous writer who wrote plays and autobiography even for children.She was a proud author of over 20 books including The Slave Girl,The Bride Price,
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Second Class Citizen and The Joys of Motherhood.Her concern for child slavery,female freedom and freedom by education won her great honours including an Order of the British Empire in the year 05.She was distinguished as "the first successful black woman novelist living in Britain after 1948".She died yesterday at her home in London.She was aged 72.Another photo of the novelist below.....
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RIP mama
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