I was a threat to a lot of women and to a lot of men. The women cannot forgive me if I remain single and also have a family. But I have a family as well and am raising them. A lot of women only stay in their marriages because of the children so seeing me on my own annoys them.

As soon as I finish a book, I sell the paperback rights to different publishers and that's where I recoup my money.

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.'

A hungry man is an angry one.

I came to England in 1962 as a very young bride, in my teens, hoping just to stay two years and go back.

I'm not just a feminist - I'm a feminist plus.

I like to be called a Nigerian rather than somebody from the Third World or the developing or whatever.