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

Few things are as bad as a guilty conscience.

The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it. I was the typical African woman, I'd done this privately, I wanted him to look at it, approve it and he said he wouldn't read it.

I work toward the liberation of women, but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman.

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

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

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