The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book,… — Buchi Emecheta

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.

Buchi EmechetaNovelist · Nigerian · b. 1944

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