Buchi Emecheta
Florence Onyebuchi "Buchi" Emecheta OBE (An haife ta a 21 ga watan Yuli a 1944 - 25 Janairu 2017) taka sance wata haifaffi yar Nijeriya ce, wacce ke zaune a Burtaniya daga 1962,  kuma wacce ita ma ta rubuta wasannin kwaikwayo da tarihin rayuwar mutum, haka kuma ta yi wa yara aiki.  Ita ce marubuciyar littattafai sama da 20, ciki har da Citizen na Biyu (1974), Farashin Amarya (1976), Yarinyar Bawa (1977) da Joys of Motherhood (1979).  Kamfanin Allison da Busby da ke Landan ne suka buga yawancin litattafanta na farko, inda edita Margaret Busby ta buga.

Ita dai Emecheta an haife ta ne a ranar 21 ga watan Yulin 1944, a garin Lagos dake,  Nijeriya, ga iyayen Ibo,  Alice (Okwuekwuhe) Emecheta da Jeremy Nwabudinke.  Mahaifinta ma'aikacin jirgin kasa ne kuma dutsen dako.  Saboda nuna banbancin jinsi na lokacin, da farko an tsare saurayi Buchi Emecheta a gida yayin da aka tura kaninta makaranta;  amma bayan ta shawo kan iyayenta suyi la’akari da fa’idar karatun nata, sai ta yi yarinta a makarantar mishan ta mata.  Lokacin da take 'yar shekara tara mahaifinta ya mutu ("na rikice-rikicen da wani rauni da aka samu a fadamar Burma ya kawo shi, inda aka tilasta masa ya yi yaki domin Lord Louis Mountbatten da ragowar Masarautar Burtaniya").  Bayan shekara guda, Emecheta ta sami cikakken tallafin karatu a makarantar mata ta Methodist da ke Yaba, Legas, inda ta kasance har ta kai shekara 16 a lokacin, a shekarar 1960, ta auri Sylvester Onwordi,  a makaranta wanda ta kasance tare da shi  tsunduma tun tana yar shekara 11.  Daga baya a waccan shekarar, ta haifi diya mace, kuma a cikin 1961 aka haifi ƙaramin ɗansu. 

Nan da nan Onwordi ta koma London don halartar jami'a, kuma Emecheta ta kasance tare da shi tare da theira theiransu biyu na farko a shekarar 1962.  tashin hankali, kamar yadda aka rubuta a rubuce-rubucen ta na tarihin rayuwar mutane kamar su 'Yan Kasa Na Biyu Na Biyu a 1974.  Don kiyaye hankalin ta, Emecheta ta yi rubutu a lokacin da ta keɓe.  Koyaya, mijinta ya yi matukar shakku game da rubutunta, kuma daga ƙarshe ta ƙone rubutun ta na farko, kamar yadda aka bayyana a The Bride Price, a ƙarshe aka buga shi a 1976. Wannan shi ne littafinta na farko, amma dole ne ta sake rubuta shi bayan fasalin farko.  an hallaka.  Daga baya ta ce "Akwai shekaru biyar tsakanin sigar biyu." A shekara 22, tana da ciki da ɗanta na biyar, Emecheta ta bar mijinta.  Yayin da take kokarin tallafa wa ‘ya’yanta ita kadai, ta samu digiri na B.Sc (Hons) a fannin ilimin zamantakewar dan adam a 1972 daga Jami’ar London. A cikin tarihin rayuwarta na shekara ta 1984, Shugaban Sama da Watershe ya rubuta cewa: "Game da rayuwata tsawon shekaru ashirin da suka gabata a Ingila, daga lokacin da na ɗan wuce shekara ashirin, ina jan yara huɗu masu sanyi da ɗigon ruwa tare da ni kuma ina da juna biyu na biyar - wannan shine  Daga baya sai ta ci gaba da karatun digiri na uku a jami'ar a shekarar 1991

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