Buchi Emecheta bibliography

The bibliography of Buchi Emecheta includes plays, autobiographies, poetry and novels by Nigerian author Buchi Emecheta.

Literature

Novels

In the Ditch (1972). London: Barrie & Jenkins. Revised edition (1979), London: Allison & Busby, ISBN 9780850312591
Second Class Citizen (1974). London: Allison and Busby
The Bride Price (1976). London: Allison & Busby
The Slave Girl (1977). London: Allison & Busby; winner of the New Statesman's 1978 Jock Campbell Award
The Joys of Motherhood (1979). London: Allison & Busby
The Moonlight Bride (1981)
Destination Biafra (1982). London: Allison & Busby
Naira Power (1982)
Adah's Story [In the Ditch/Second-Class Citizen] (1983). London: Allison & Busby
The Rape of Shavi (1983). New York; George Braziller
Double Yoke (1982)
A Kind of Marriage (London: Macmillan, 1986); Pacesetter Novels series.
Gwendolen (1989). Published in the US as The Family
Kehinde (1994)
The New Tribe (2000)

Autobiography

Head above Water (1984; 1986)
"Crossing Boundaries", in Ferdinand Dennis, Naseem Khan (eds), Voices of the Crossing: The Impact of Britain on Writers from Asia, the Caribbean and Africa, London: Serpent's Tail, 1998, p. 93.

Children's/Young adults' books

Titch the Cat (illustrated by Thomas Joseph; 1979). London: Allison & Busby
Nowhere to Play (illustrated by Peter Archer; 1980). London: Allison & Busby
The Wrestling Match (1981)

Plays

Juju Landlord (episode of Crown Court), Granada Television, 1975
A Kind of Marriage, BBC television, 1976.
Family Bargain, BBC Television, 1987.

Articles and shorter writings

Introduction and comments to Our Own Freedom, photographs by Maggie Murray; 1981
The Black Scholar, November–December 1985, p. 51.
"Feminism with a small 'f'!" in Kirsten Holst Petersen (ed.), Criticism and Ideology: Second African Writers' Conference, Stockholm 1988, Uppsala: Scandinanvian Institute of African Studies, 1988, pp. 173–181.
Essence magazine, August 1990, p. 50.
The New York Times Book Review, 29 April 1990.
Publishers Weekly, 16 February 1990, p. 73; reprinted 7 February 1994, p. 84.
World Literature Today, Autumn 1994, p. 867.

References

↑ "Buchi Emecheta: Life, Works, and Legacy of a Trailblazing Nigerian Novelist". Oloyede.com.ng. 2025-08-10. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
1 2 3 4 "Buchi Emecheta 1944–", Concise Major 21st Century Writers, via Encyclopedia.com.
↑ "In the Ditch by Buchi Emecheta | Literature and Writing | Research Starters | EBSCO Research". EBSCO. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
↑ "In the Ditch | work by Emecheta". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
↑ Busby, Margaret (20 March 2024). "Where to start with: Buchi Emecheta". The Guardian.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Ray, Mohit K., ed. (2007). The Atlantic Companion to Literature in English. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 164. ISBN 9788126908325.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Sleeman, Elizabeth (2001). The International Who's Who of Women 2002 (revised ed.). Psychology Press. p. 161. ISBN 9781857431223.
↑ Britannica. "Adah's Story: Buchi Emecheta". Britannica.com. Retrieved 2026-03-02.
↑ Emecheta, Buchi (1983). Adah's Story. Allison & Busby. ISBN 978-0-85031-510-3.
↑ Ross, Robert L., ed. (1999). Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction: An Anthology. Psychology Press. p. 319. ISBN 9780815314318.
↑ "A Kind of Marriage by Buchi Emecheta - Pacesetters Novels". Retrieved 2026-03-04.
↑ Emecheta, Buchi (1986). A Kind of Marriage. London: Macmillan.
↑ Sougou, Omar (2002). Writing Across Cultures: Gender Politics and Difference in the Fiction of Buchi Emecheta. Rodopi. p. 198. ISBN 9789042012981.
↑ Khan, Naseem, and Ferdinand Dennis (eds), Voices of the Crossing: The Impact of Britain on Writers from Asia, the Caribbean and Africa, London: Serpent's Tail, 2000, ISBN 9781852425838. Via Google Books.
↑ Jackson, Tommie Lee (2001). An Invincible Summer: Female Diasporean Authors. Africa World Press. p. 101. ISBN 9780865438231.
1 2 Malik, Sarita, "Black TV Writers", BFI ScreenOnline.
↑ Lindfors, Bernth; Sander, Reinhard (1992). Twentieth-century Caribbean and Black African Writers. Gale Research Inc. p. 159. ISBN 9780810375949.
↑ Our Own Freedom, Sheba Feminist Publishers, 1981, ISBN 9780907179092.
↑ Umeh, Marie, ed. (1996). Emerging Perspectives on Buchi Emecheta (illustrated ed.). Africa World Press. p. xxiv. ISBN 9780865434554.

[1] "Buchi Emecheta: Life, Works, and Legacy of a Trailblazing Nigerian Novelist". Oloyede.com.ng. 2025-08-10. Retrieved 2026-03-04.

[ency-2] 1 2 3 4 "Buchi Emecheta 1944–", Concise Major 21st Century Writers, via Encyclopedia.com.

[3] "In the Ditch by Buchi Emecheta | Literature and Writing | Research Starters | EBSCO Research". EBSCO. Retrieved 2026-03-04.

[4] "In the Ditch | work by Emecheta". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[5] Busby, Margaret (20 March 2024). "Where to start with: Buchi Emecheta". The Guardian.

[The_Atlantic_Companion_to_Literature_in_English-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Ray, Mohit K., ed. (2007). The Atlantic Companion to Literature in English. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 164. ISBN 9788126908325.

[The_International_Who's_Who_of_Women_2002-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sleeman, Elizabeth (2001). The International Who's Who of Women 2002 (revised ed.). Psychology Press. p. 161. ISBN 9781857431223.

[8] Britannica. "Adah's Story: Buchi Emecheta". Britannica.com. Retrieved 2026-03-02.

[9] Emecheta, Buchi (1983). Adah's Story. Allison & Busby. ISBN 978-0-85031-510-3.

[Colonial_and_Postcolonial_Fiction:_An_Anthology-10] Ross, Robert L., ed. (1999). Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction: An Anthology. Psychology Press. p. 319. ISBN 9780815314318.

[11] "A Kind of Marriage by Buchi Emecheta - Pacesetters Novels". Retrieved 2026-03-04.

[12] Emecheta, Buchi (1986). A Kind of Marriage. London: Macmillan.

[Writing_Across_Cultures:_Gender_Politics_and_Difference_in_the_Fiction_of_Buchi_Emecheta-13] Sougou, Omar (2002). Writing Across Cultures: Gender Politics and Difference in the Fiction of Buchi Emecheta. Rodopi. p. 198. ISBN 9789042012981.

[14] Khan, Naseem, and Ferdinand Dennis (eds), Voices of the Crossing: The Impact of Britain on Writers from Asia, the Caribbean and Africa, London: Serpent's Tail, 2000, ISBN 9781852425838. Via Google Books.

[An_Invincible_Summer:_Female_Diasporean_Authors-15] Jackson, Tommie Lee (2001). An Invincible Summer: Female Diasporean Authors. Africa World Press. p. 101. ISBN 9780865438231.

[Malik-16] 1 2 Malik, Sarita, "Black TV Writers", BFI ScreenOnline.

[Twentieth-century_Caribbean_and_Black_African_writers-17] Lindfors, Bernth; Sander, Reinhard (1992). Twentieth-century Caribbean and Black African Writers. Gale Research Inc. p. 159. ISBN 9780810375949.

[18] Our Own Freedom, Sheba Feminist Publishers, 1981, ISBN 9780907179092.

[Emerging_perspectives_on_Buchi_Emecheta-19] Umeh, Marie, ed. (1996). Emerging Perspectives on Buchi Emecheta (illustrated ed.). Africa World Press. p. xxiv. ISBN 9780865434554.