# Buchi Emecheta

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Celebrating Buchi Emecheta

Child slavery, motherhood, female independence and freedom through education are amongst the topics explored in over 20 books by the author Buchi Emecheta. Born in 1944 in an Ibusa village, she lost her father aged eight, travelled to London and made a career as a writer whilst bringing up five chi…

The Defining Decade By Meg Jay - How To Make The Most Of Your Twenties With Olamide

This episode's conversation is inspired by Dr Meg Jay's 'The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter And How to Make the Most of Them Now.'  We are joined by Olamide A, software engineer and fitness extraordinaire. We talk about: Why it's worth trying out different things in your 20's, the imp…

Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta - Women Are Not Commercial Goods

Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen was the perfect opportunity for us to discuss some of the wild statements we see on social media about women. We discuss how women can uphold patriarchy, the importance of choosing the right partner and finding hope in difficult situations. As always, we're ex…

Episode 4 – Kim Lim and Buchi Emecheta

Writer Jana Marlene Mader and art historian Kaitlyn Allen discuss the lives of Kim Lim and Buchi Emecheta. This episode was originally aired on 08/30/2019 on montez press radio out of London.

Audio Interference 63: Radical Access 2

We’re back to continue our series on radical, community libraries! In this episode, we chat with Ola Ronke Akinmowo of the Free Black Women’s Library, Dev Aujla of Sorted Library, and Jen Hoyer and Daniel Pecoraro from our own Interference Archive library.

A review of “The Rape Of Shavi”

The rape of shavi written by Buchi Emecheta is a story inside a story and I talked about it a little here

The first Nigerian literature that opened my eyes to other literatures.

On the surface review about Buchi Emecheta’s book - The Joys Of Motherhood. Talking about the irony in the title and how it reflects in the book. The notion of how society sees women as mothers rather than humans is flawed.

Love to read: The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta

Culture clash and defiance! The story of societal demands up against individual dreams. The story of new worlds and old traditions.

A Brief History of African Dreaming. Lecture by Wole Talabi

For decades, African speculative fiction has weaved together past and future, combining myths and legends with space exploration and social criticism and broadening the scope of both African and speculative literatures. In this original lecture, invited by The House of Literature and recorded digit…

Learn Igbo: Thank You, You're Welcome, See You Tomorrow (S1 E15)

Discover how three simple Igbo phrases serve as the "economic protocol" for West Africa's largest marketplace. This episode explores why cultural fluency moves more money in the Onitsha Market than any PowerPoint presentation. Core Lessons Politeness as Currency: How reciprocal greetings function …