The Burden of Exile

Egbunike, Louisa Uchum

Abstract

Nigerian author Buchi Emecheta’s writing can be described as a form of creative expression centred on experiential knowledge. The biographical details of Emecheta’s life are present at the inception of her career as a novelist, visible in her debut novel <em>In the Ditch</em> (1972) and its 1974 prequel, <em>Second-Class Citizen</em>. These two novels, which were later published in a single volume as <em>Adah’s Story</em>,² explore the struggles faced by Emecheta from her childhood in Lagos to her life as a single mother of five in London. When Buchi later penned her autobiography in 1986, <em>Head Above Water</em>, over a decade

Citation

Egbunike, L. U. (2021). The Burden of Exile. In A. Adebajo (Ed.), The Pan-African Pantheon: Prophets, Poets, and Philosophers (488-499). Manchester University Press

• Publication Date: 2021
• Deposit Date: Oct 11, 2024
• Pages: 488-499
• Book Title: The Pan-African Pantheon: Prophets, Poets, and Philosophers
• ISBN: 9781526156822
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1930128
• Publisher URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv2vm39mv.37