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

But 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.

When I came to England it wasn't what it is now, then the black people were very rarely strong. I had a personal shock because England wasn't what I expected it to be... where people lived like Jane Austen.

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

Few things are as bad as a guilty conscience.

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

Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us.