Buchi Emecheta was born in 1944.

The theme of Buchi Emecheta's "The Slave Girl" revolves around the effects of colonialism, slavery, and the oppression of women in traditional Igbo society. It explores issues of power dynamics, loss of cultural identity, and the struggle for freedom and self-empowerment. Emecheta delves into the complexities of race, gender, and class in postcolonial Nigeria.

Susanne Pichler has written:

'Buchi Emecheta's 'London novels'' -- subject(s): Criticism and interpretation

The main character is Adah. She has four children and is pregnant with a fifth by the end of the book while in the middle of a court case with her husband, Francis, who abused her, in order to protect herself and her children from him.

Buchi. Emecheta has written:

'Gwendolen'

'The Bride Price'

'The wrestling match' -- subject(s): Fiction

'Naira Power'

'Destination Biafra' -- subject(s): Fiction

'A kind of marriage'

'Joys of Motherhood'

'The Bride Price' -- subject(s): Fiction, Bride price, Social life and customs, African Americans

'Gwendolen'

'Head above water' -- subject(s): Authors, Nigerian, Biography, Nigerian Authors, Nigerian Women authors, Nigerians, Women authors, Nigerian

'In the Ditch'

'Double yoke' -- subject(s): Fiction

'The Bride Price'

'Titch the Cat'

'The new tribe' -- subject(s): Fiction, Nigerians, Interracial adoption, Adopted children, Clergy