#buchi emecheta
Un brevissimo estratto di “Cittadina di seconda classe”, romanzo del 1974 scritto da Buchi Emecheta – scrittrice nigeriana, pioniera della tradizione letteraria femminile africana, venuta a mancare nella giornata di mercoledì.
«Buchi told the story of African women in a way that I had never seen before.» (Nnedi Okorafor)
Post link
“Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us.” -Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian Novelist
Post link
“She was different. Her children were going to be different. They were all going to be black, they were going to enjoy being black, be proud of being black, a black of a different breed. That’s what they were going to be. Had she not learned to listen to the songs of birds? Was that not one of the natural happenings that inspired her favourite poet, Wordsworth? She might never be a famous poet like Wordsworth, because he was too great, but Adah was going to train herself to admire the songs of birds however riotous, to appreciate the beauty of flowers no matter how extravagant their scent. She jolted herself to, reminding herself that she was the mother of three babies, and that she was supposed to be rushing for her Monday morning bath.”
Buchi Emecheta, ‘Second-Class Citizen’
Post link
