"The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it. I was the typical African woman, I'd done this privately, I wanted him to look at it, approve it and he said he wouldn't read it."

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About Buchi Emecheta

Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian-born novelist based in the United Kingdom, known for works exploring migration, gender, and postcolonial identity.

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