Buchi Emecheta idézet

Buchi Emecheta nigériai író.

✵ 21. július 1944 – 25. január 2017
Buchi Emecheta fénykép
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Buchi Emecheta: Idézetek angolul

“The leaves were still on the trees, but were becoming dry, perched like birds ready to fly off.”

Buchi Emecheta, Second Class Citizen - https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/86920.Buchi_Emechet.

“God, when will you create a woman who will be fulfilled in herself, a full human being, not anybody’s appendage? she prayed desperately.”

Buchi Emecheta könyv The Joys of Motherhood

Buchi Emecheta, The Joys of Motherhood. https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/86920.Buchi_Emecheta.

“I am a woman and a woman of Africa. I am a daughter of Nigeria and if she is in shame, I shall stay and mourn with her in shame.”

Forrás: Buchi Emecheta speaking on being a Nigerian woman https://www.zikoko.com/life/oldies/9-thought-provoking-quotes-from-the-literary-icon-buchi-emecheta/.

“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.””

On the female gender (as quoted in https://www.zikoko.com/life/oldies/9-thought-provoking-quotes-from-the-literary-icon-buchi-emecheta/).

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

Forrás: On rejecting being called a feminist (as quoted in “Buchi Emecheta: Nigerian author who championed girls dies aged 72” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38757048 in BBC News; 2017 Jan 26)

“I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole picture of me; I have to both write and speak. I view my role as a writer and also as an oral communicator.”

Forrás: On speaking to readers in “Interview with Buchi Emecheta” http://www.emeagwali.com/nigeria/biography/buchi-emecheta-voice-09jul96.html (Philip Emeagwali)

“In all my novels… I deal with the many problems and prejudices which exist for Black people in Britain today.”

Forrás: On her major themes in “Interview with Buchi Emecheta” http://www.emeagwali.com/nigeria/biography/buchi-emecheta-voice-09jul96.html (Philip Emeagwali)

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

Forrás: On how Black women should challenge historical representations (as quoted in “Buchi Emecheta: Nigerian author who championed girls dies aged 72” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38757048 in BBC News in BBC News; 2017 Jan 26)

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