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Buchi Emecheta in 1985. Her books, she said, “are about survival, just like my own life.”
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Buchi Emecheta
Died on January 25, 2017 at age 72
A British-based Nigerian writer, Ms. Emecheta gave voice to African women struggling to reconcile traditional roles with the demands of modernity in “Second-Class Citizen,” “The Joys of Motherhood” and other novels.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.