Buchi Emecheta bibliography
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The bibliography of Buchi Emecheta includes plays, autobiographies, poetry and novels by Nigerian author Buchi Emecheta.[1]
Novels
- In the Ditch (1972). London: Barrie & Jenkins.[2][3] London: Allison & Busby ISBN 9780850312591
- Second Class Citizen (1974). London: Allison and Busby[4]
- The Bride Price (1976). London: Allison & Busby[4][5]
- The Slave Girl (1977). London: Allison & Busby; winner of the New Statesman's 1978 Jock Campbell Award[4]
- The Joys of Motherhood (1979). London: Allison & Busby[4]
- The Moonlight Bride (1981)[5]
- Destination Biafra (1982). London: Allison & Busby[4]
- Naira Power (1982)[5]
- Adah's Story [In the Ditch/Second-Class Citizen] (1983). London: Allison & Busby[6][7]
- The Rape of Shavi (1983)[4]
- Double Yoke (1982)[4][8]
- A Kind of Marriage (London: Macmillan, 1986); Pacesetter Novels series.[9][10]
- Gwendolen (1989). Published in the US as The Family[11]
- Kehinde (1994)[4]
- The New Tribe (2000)[4]
Autobiography
- Head above Water (1984; 1986)[5][2]
- "Crossing Boundaries", in Ferdinand Dennis, Naseem Khan (eds), Voices of the Crossing: The Impact of Britain on Writers from Asia, the Caribbean and Africa, London: Serpent's Tail, 1998, p. 93.[12]
Children's/Young adults' books
- Titch the Cat (illustrated by Thomas Joseph; 1979). London: Allison & Busby[2][5]
- Nowhere to Play (illustrated by Peter Archer; 1980). London: Allison & Busby[2][4]
- The Wrestling Match (1981)[5]
Plays
- Juju Landlord (episode of Crown Court), Granada Television, 1975.[13][14]
- A Kind of Marriage, BBC television, 1976.[4][14]
- Family Bargain, BBC Television, 1987.[15]
Articles and shorter writings
- Introduction and comments to Our Own Freedom, photographs by Maggie Murray; 1981[16][17]
- The Black Scholar, November–December 1985, p. 51.
- "Feminism with a small 'f'!" in Kirsten Holst Petersen (ed.), Criticism and Ideology: Second African Writers' Conference, Stockholm 1988, Uppsala: Scandinanvian Institute of African Studies, 1988, pp. 173–181.
- Essence magazine, August 1990, p. 50.
- The New York Times Book Review, 29 April 1990.
- Publishers Weekly, 16 February 1990, p. 73; reprinted 7 February 1994, p. 84.
- World Literature Today, Autumn 1994, p. 867.
References
- ↑ "Buchi Emecheta: Life, Works, and Legacy of a Trailblazing Nigerian Novelist". Oloyede.com.ng. 2025-08-10. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
- 1 2 3 4 "Buchi Emecheta 1944–", Concise Major 21st Century Writers, via Encyclopedia.com.
- ↑ "In the Ditch by Buchi Emecheta | Literature and Writing | Research Starters | EBSCO Research". EBSCO. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Ray, Mohit K., ed. (2007). The Atlantic Companion to Literature in English. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 164. ISBN 9788126908325.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sleeman, Elizabeth (2001). The International Who's Who of Women 2002 (revised ed.). Psychology Press. p. 161. ISBN 9781857431223.
- ↑ Britannica. "Adah's Story: Buchi Emecheta". Britannica.com. Retrieved 2026-03-02.
- ↑ Emecheta, Buchi (1983). Adah's Story. Allison & Busby. ISBN 978-0-85031-510-3.
- ↑ Ross, Robert L., ed. (1999). Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction: An Anthology. Psychology Press. p. 319. ISBN 9780815314318.
- ↑ "A Kind of Marriage by Buchi Emecheta - Pacesetters Novels". Retrieved 2026-03-04.
- ↑ Emecheta, Buchi (1986). A kind of marriage. London: Macmillan.
- ↑ Sougou, Omar (2002). Writing Across Cultures: Gender Politics and Difference in the Fiction of Buchi Emecheta. Rodopi. p. 198. ISBN 9789042012981.
- ↑ Khan, Naseem, and Ferdinand Dennis (eds), Voices of the Crossing: The Impact of Britain on Writers from Asia, the Caribbean and Africa, London: Serpent's Tail, 2000, ISBN 9781852425838. Via Google Books.
- ↑ Jackson, Tommie Lee (2001). An Invincible Summer: Female Diasporean Authors. Africa World Press. p. 101. ISBN 9780865438231.
- 1 2 Malik, Sarita, "Black TV Writers", BFI ScreenOnline.
- ↑ Lindfors, Bernth; Sander, Reinhard (1992). Twentieth-century Caribbean and Black African Writers. Gale Research Inc. p. 159. ISBN 9780810375949.
- ↑ Our Own Freedom, Sheba Feminist Publishers, 1981, ISBN 9780907179092.
- ↑ Umeh, Marie, ed. (1996). Emerging Perspectives on Buchi Emecheta (illustrated ed.). Africa World Press. p. xxiv. ISBN 9780865434554.