Men blackmailing you as a woman leads you to trivialise sex and say 'it's not important, what is important is myself as a person, no one owns me because of sex.'
Buchi EmechetaI came to England in 1962 as a very young bride, in my teens, hoping just to stay two years and go back.
Buchi EmechetaBut who made the law that we should not hope in our daughters? We women subscribe to that law more than anyone. Until we change all this, it is still a man's world, which women will always help to build.
Buchi EmechetaIn all my novels, I deal with the many problems and prejudices which exist for Black people in Britain today.
Buchi Emecheta