Podcasts about Buchi Emecheta

African Literature and US Empire Postcolonial Optimism in Nigerian and South African Writing (Edinburgh UP, 2024) demonstrates how African literature grapples with the enforced optimism of US empire that circulates in postcolonial nations: Unsettles chronologies that chart a growing disillusionment with the postcolonial nation and national development across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries Brings together African literary studies, affect studies, and U.S. empire studies Diagnoses and critiques how U.S. empire is sustained through cycles of optimism and disappointment Includes chapters on both classic postcolonial fiction by writers such as Buchi Emecheta and Miriam Tlali and recent anglophone African novels by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Ekow Duker Postcolonialism has long been associated with post-nationalism. Yet, the persistence of nation-oriented literatures from within the African postcolony and its diasporas registers how dreams of national becoming endure. In this fascinating new study, Hallemeier brings together African literary studies, affect studies and US empire studies, to challenge chronologies that chart a growing disillusionment with the postcolonial nation and national development across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The Nigerian and South African writings in African Literature and US Empire, while often attuned to the trans- and extra- national, repeatedly scrutinize why visions of national exceptionalism, signified by a ‘pan-African' Nigeria and ‘new' South Africa, remain stubbornly affecting, despite decades of disillusionment with national governments beholden to a neocolonial global order. In these fictions, optimistic forms of nationalism cannot be reduced to easily critiqued state-sanctioned discourses of renewal and development. They are also circulated through experiences of embodied need, quotidian aspiration and transnational, pan-African relationship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

African Literature and US Empire Postcolonial Optimism in Nigerian and South African Writing (Edinburgh UP, 2024) demonstrates how African literature grapples with the enforced optimism of US empire that circulates in postcolonial nations: Unsettles chronologies that chart a growing disillusionment with the postcolonial nation and national development across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries Brings together African literary studies, affect studies, and U.S. empire studies Diagnoses and critiques how U.S. empire is sustained through cycles of optimism and disappointment Includes chapters on both classic postcolonial fiction by writers such as Buchi Emecheta and Miriam Tlali and recent anglophone African novels by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Ekow Duker Postcolonialism has long been associated with post-nationalism. Yet, the persistence of nation-oriented literatures from within the African postcolony and its diasporas registers how dreams of national becoming endure. In this fascinating new study, Hallemeier brings together African literary studies, affect studies and US empire studies, to challenge chronologies that chart a growing disillusionment with the postcolonial nation and national development across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The Nigerian and South African writings in African Literature and US Empire, while often attuned to the trans- and extra- national, repeatedly scrutinize why visions of national exceptionalism, signified by a ‘pan-African' Nigeria and ‘new' South Africa, remain stubbornly affecting, despite decades of disillusionment with national governments beholden to a neocolonial global order. In these fictions, optimistic forms of nationalism cannot be reduced to easily critiqued state-sanctioned discourses of renewal and development. They are also circulated through experiences of embodied need, quotidian aspiration and transnational, pan-African relationship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

African Literature and US Empire Postcolonial Optimism in Nigerian and South African Writing (Edinburgh UP, 2024) demonstrates how African literature grapples with the enforced optimism of US empire that circulates in postcolonial nations: Unsettles chronologies that chart a growing disillusionment with the postcolonial nation and national development across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries Brings together African literary studies, affect studies, and U.S. empire studies Diagnoses and critiques how U.S. empire is sustained through cycles of optimism and disappointment Includes chapters on both classic postcolonial fiction by writers such as Buchi Emecheta and Miriam Tlali and recent anglophone African novels by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Ekow Duker Postcolonialism has long been associated with post-nationalism. Yet, the persistence of nation-oriented literatures from within the African postcolony and its diasporas registers how dreams of national becoming endure. In this fascinating new study, Hallemeier brings together African literary studies, affect studies and US empire studies, to challenge chronologies that chart a growing disillusionment with the postcolonial nation and national development across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The Nigerian and South African writings in African Literature and US Empire, while often attuned to the trans- and extra- national, repeatedly scrutinize why visions of national exceptionalism, signified by a ‘pan-African' Nigeria and ‘new' South Africa, remain stubbornly affecting, despite decades of disillusionment with national governments beholden to a neocolonial global order. In these fictions, optimistic forms of nationalism cannot be reduced to easily critiqued state-sanctioned discourses of renewal and development. They are also circulated through experiences of embodied need, quotidian aspiration and transnational, pan-African relationship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

African Literature and US Empire Postcolonial Optimism in Nigerian and South African Writing (Edinburgh UP, 2024) demonstrates how African literature grapples with the enforced optimism of US empire that circulates in postcolonial nations: Unsettles chronologies that chart a growing disillusionment with the postcolonial nation and national development across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries Brings together African literary studies, affect studies, and U.S. empire studies Diagnoses and critiques how U.S. empire is sustained through cycles of optimism and disappointment Includes chapters on both classic postcolonial fiction by writers such as Buchi Emecheta and Miriam Tlali and recent anglophone African novels by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Ekow Duker Postcolonialism has long been associated with post-nationalism. Yet, the persistence of nation-oriented literatures from within the African postcolony and its diasporas registers how dreams of national becoming endure. In this fascinating new study, Hallemeier brings together African literary studies, affect studies and US empire studies, to challenge chronologies that chart a growing disillusionment with the postcolonial nation and national development across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The Nigerian and South African writings in African Literature and US Empire, while often attuned to the trans- and extra- national, repeatedly scrutinize why visions of national exceptionalism, signified by a ‘pan-African' Nigeria and ‘new' South Africa, remain stubbornly affecting, despite decades of disillusionment with national governments beholden to a neocolonial global order. In these fictions, optimistic forms of nationalism cannot be reduced to easily critiqued state-sanctioned discourses of renewal and development. They are also circulated through experiences of embodied need, quotidian aspiration and transnational, pan-African relationship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-studies

Greetings Glocal Citizens! Next up in our Writing as Activism series, this week's episode, recorded at the 2024 Pa Gya! festival (in case you are wondering, this is the session taking place during our interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urYu7IA0ENE), features Nigerian poet and children's book author, Aduke Gomez. Aduke embraced writing in the past decade after a career in law and finance. She now utilises her legal and advisory skills to assist in business and creative development. Commencing her career in legal practice with the law firm of Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie, she later worked for many years in various leadership roles within Ecobank Nigeria Ltd and Leadway Pensure PFA. She is regularly called to speak and moderate on topics related to her interest in history and culture and these have included sessions at Cornell University; The Institute of Africa and Diaspora Studies at the University of Lagos; the Lagos State Record and Archive Bureau; the annual conference of the Lagos Studies Association; the Ake Festival; and the Lagos Book and Art Festival (LABAF) amongst others. Her published collection of poems have featured as festival books for both the LABAF and the Ake Festival. And her children's books have also featured at previous editions of LABAF and Akada Children's Book Festival. She is currently the Chair of the Steering Committee of Art4Life (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRWjtk1Z9L6RlaKbZ88sy5w) - an initiative of the Lagos State Ministry of Health established to introduce art and the practice of art into the entire healthcare process. She is a member of the Advisory Board of Open House Lagos as well as the Advisory Board of Lagos Biennial. She volunteers on the Board of Child Life Line (https://www.childlifeline.org/mission) - an NGO established for the welfare of street children. In this conversation we not only get to know how Aduke pivoted into arts and public service, we also get to know more about her local in the context of her paternal ancestor's return from Brazil to Lagos. This speaks volume to the idea of activism as a way of being. Where to find Aduke? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aduke-gomez-503668/?originalSubdomain=ng) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/adukegomez/?hl=en) OnX (https://x.com/duksyg) Who is on Aduke's essential Pan-African reading list? Mariama Bâ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariama_B%C3%A2), in The Paris Review (https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/05/13/feminize-your-canon-mariama-ba/) and more (https://www.ascleiden.nl/content/library-weekly/mariama-ba) Ama Atta Aidoo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ama_Ata_Aidoo) Buchi Emecheta (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchi_Emecheta) Florence “Flora” Nwapa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_Nwapa) Other topic of interest: Return migration: Brazilians in Nigeria (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilians_in_Nigeria) The Nigerian Brazillian Project (https://nigerianbrazilianproject.org/aduke-gomez/) About the Emanicapados of Brazil (https://www.jstor.org/stable/2512522) Who are Tabom peoples? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabom_people) Biola Alabi Media (https://biolaalabimedia.com/about-us/) Special Guest: Aduke Gomez.

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En esta novela se cuenta la vida de Nnu Ego, una mujer en Nigeria que está condenada a su destino. Después de un primer matrimonio en el que, al parecer por una maldición, no puede concebir hijos, sale de su aldea en donde es la hija del principal para terminar viviendo en Lagos, una gran ciudad colonizada en la que debe ser esposa de un hombre que sirve a una familia de blancos. Aunque logra la tan anhelada maternidad, su transcurrir está lleno de angustias económicas que no se verán reducidas a lo largo de su vida, al final, con nueve hijos, Nnu Ego representa la historia de muchas otras mujeres, de su pueblo, de toda una época. Como invitado especial nos acompaña Federico Vivanco.

This week we're discussing Buchi Emecheta who was a social worker and writer (often considered the first successful black woman novelist living in Britain after 1948). We've actually discussed her on the pod before and talked a lot about motherhood, but this episode was a great opportunity to talk about the other themes and contexts that come up in Emecheta's work like the immigrant experience in Britain during the 60s. Join us as we discuss 'In The Ditch' and 'The Bride Price'!Follow us on instagram: thestackedpodSign up for our newsletter: Stacked WeeklyProduced by AiAi Studios:www.aiaistudios.comhttps://www.instagram.com/aiai.studios/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My favorite of Buchi Emecheta's books.

This is the first episode of boom reviews on the bookery podcast. This season's review is dedicated to Buchi Emecheta and I started by reviewing my 3rd favorite work of the prolific writer. No spoilers! Listen and enjoy. #Disclaimer: I guess if I buy a book, it makes me the owner of my copy to do with ad I like. So the cover picture is my copy of the book. I got the information on Buchi Emecheta's background from Wikipedia. Thank you.

Wiederentdeckung eines Klassikers der Schwarzen Literatur: Die glänzende Neuübersetzung von Buchi Emechetas (1944-2017) autofiktionalem Roman „Second-Class Citizen“ lädt ein zu einer neuen Beschäftigung mit Alltag und Erfahrungen Schwarzer Immigranten in Großbritannien. Aus dem Englischen von Dr. Marion Kraft Aufbau Verlag, 285 Seiten, 23 Euro ISBN 978-3-351-05114-3

Buchi Emecheta: Second-Class Citizen | Übersetzung Monika Kraft | Gelesen von Alina Vimbai Strähler | 1 MP3-CD, 8 Std. 15 Min. | 23 € (UVP) | DAV / hr2-kultur ||

Niko and Tatiana read Nigerian author Buchi Emecheta. They discuss The Joys of Motherhood, gender expectations, children, and city living.

Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta is a semi-autobiographical novel first published in 1974 with its theme centering on being a girl child in the eastern part of Nigeria in the early 60s and 70s, being an immigrant in England around that time period as well, tribalism, domestic violence, deadbeat-fathers, and irresponsible men and was a straightforward and engaging book to read. I hope to read Joys of Motherhood another book by this Author and cant wait to share my thoughts on that with you. Do listen to this and enjoy... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rafiat-akinwande/message

"Die Hälfte der Sonne" von Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie erzählt von Ugwu, der als Houseboy zu Odenigbo, einem linksintellektuellen Professor, und dessen Freundin Olanna zieht. Gemeinsam erleben sie die Erfolge und Niederlagen ihrer Zeit und die Hoffnung auf ein unabhängiges Biafra. Der englische Journalist Richard versucht unterdessen ein Buch über die Situation im Land zu schreiben. Doch wer hat das Recht über diesen Konflikt zu schreiben? Wir sprechen über afrikanische Literaturen, welche Rolle Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie darin spielt (andere Bücher von ihr sind z.B. "Blauer Hibiskus" oder "Dear Ijeawele") und geben euch noch einige weitere Tipps mit auf den Weg: Kennt ihr z.B. Mariama Bâ oder Buchi Emecheta? Dann hört unbedingt rein! Unterstützt uns via Steady! Unabhängiger, feministischer Content wird oft nicht honoriert: Dabei könnt ihr einspringen! Mit einem kleinen finanziellen Beitrag helft ihr uns, schreibenden Frauen eine Plattform zu geben und feministische Literaturkritik zu leisten. Alle Infos findet ihr unter www.steadyhq.com/diebuchpodcast!

Ein Klassiker der Schwarzen feministischen Literatur: Buchi Emecheta erzählt von Adah, ihrem Alter Ego. Sie erstreitet sich in den 1960er Jahren ihre Schulbildung in Nigeria, lebt mit Mann und drei Kindern in London, und erkämpft sich ihren Weg als Schwarze Frau gegen viele Widerstände. Eine Rezension von Christian Kosfeld. Von Christian Kosfeld.

Amanda & Ziporah discuss a joint favourite by Buchi Emecheta and wonder, where is the joy?Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at: Stacked - https://www.instagram.com/thestackedpod/ Amanda - https://www.instagram.com/amandaafuaa/ Ziporah - https://www.instagram.com/blackandbound/ Credits: AiAi Studios - https://www.instagram.com/aiai.studios/ CC co - https://www.instagram.com/cc_____co/ Acast - https://www.instagram.com/acast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello friends,Stephanie Shonekan is an author and musicologist who has worked with the BBC, public radio and written and taught extensively on music, from soul music, to country music, and Nigerian and African-American hip hop. Shonekan serves as the dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland, and we have created a podcast together, Cover Story with Stephanie Shonekan, at the University of Missouri and NPR-affiliate KBIA. Cover Story is all about life, history, love, identity, and music - through our culture's favorite songs. And that is also what Stephanie Shonekan's work is about. So: We talked about reading Jane Austen while growing up and going to college in Nigeria - and how the stories of Austen might play for young readers in Nigeria growing up and growing into life and literature. Again, it's all about: culture, identity, love, and the stories we tell. In this conversation, Shonekan talks about the fact that in Nigeria as a colonial and post-colonial country, she was introduced to characters and stories that did not reflect her family, her friends, and herself - and that was both an awakening of sorts, and also a painful thing to discover. Her answer? To go and find the authors and the classic literature of Nigeria, her home country. Enter: Classic writers like : Chimimanda Adichie, Buchi Emecheta, Wole Solinka, and  Chinua Achebe. And she asks a very simple but powerful question: Why weren't these writers introduced to her as part of her education? Why did she have to go and discover them for herself? This is a question about the canon of classic literature - and how something that can bring transformation and joy, like classic literature, can also, and has been, used to disseminate power, nationalism and empire, and can be deployed to erase culture and identity.Dean Stephanie Shonekan, in this episode, talks with us about discovering the stories of Jane Austen, and then discovering stories of her own. And then, finally, circling back to come to terms with the stories of Jane Austen. And also: Bridgerton. Because in any conversation about romance, race, and the stories we tell, we have to talk about Bridgerton, right?!Enjoy this excerpt of our conversation: Links and Community* The Woman of Colour: A Tale is a Regency story chronicling the life, love and adventure of a Black heiress, Olivia Fairchild, who travels from a Jamaican plantation to 19th century England to marry. Here's a wonderful edition from Broadview Press published in 2007 with historical notes by Professor Lyndon Dominique. Some teachers are including this book alongside Austen, an inclusion that would seem to direct address the canon of literary works and what gets taught - let us know if you are doing that and how it went for your class. * Stephanie Shonekan references some Nigerian classics, including: Chimimanda Adichie, Buchi Emecheta, Wole Solinka, Chinua Achebe, * Patricia Matthew is a well-known author and professor whom many of you in this community know and love. Professor Matthew has written about her complicated feelings about reading Jane Austen, with “On Teaching, but not Loving, Jane Austen,”   and on Bridgerton here, and on how she embraced her inner Emma - who can relate?! * Here's Chimimanda Adichie's talk on The Power of Story - that is referenced in this conversation* We also talked about the writing of Alyssa Cole and her historic and contemporary romance fiction. Here's the Loyal League series featuring romances set in the Civil War among a network of Black spies working to overturn the Confederacy, which looks absolutely amazing.    Get full access to The Austen Connection at austenconnection.substack.com/subscribe

Há destinos que parecem incontornáveis. Onde você nasce, que cor de pele você tem, qual é o seu gênero, onde você vive... Tudo isso pode definir o seu status, a sua classe, as portas que se abrem e que se fecham. Adah é guiada pelo desejo de estudar, de conhecer, de ler e, depois, de escrever, de narrar. Mas é uma mulher em um país em que as mulheres valem pelo dote e pela fertilidade. Em que precisam de autorização e consentimento. A Inglaterra é sua meta, sem saber que a imigração é uma jornada à parte, que agrega camadas de dificuldade, quando as coisas já não são lá muito fáceis. Cidadã de Segunda Classe, de Buchi Emecheta, é tema do episódio de estreia da temporada Leia África. A mediadora, Gabriela Mayer, recebe a jornalista Inês de Castro e a crítica literária Tamy Ghannam para essa conversa.Este é um podcast produzido por Rádio Guarda-Chuva.Produção, roteiro, edição e apresentação: Gabriela MayerMixagem de som: João Victor CouraCapa: Arthur MayerArtes para o Instagram: Júlia MacielTrilha: Getz me to Brazil, Doug MaxwellIG: @poenaestante Twitter: @poenaestanteE-mail: poenaestante@gmail.com==Apoie o @poenaestante em catarse.me/poenaestante

If you're interested in learning about the Nigerian author who penned over 20 books that usually focused on African women and gender roles in society, then my Florence Onyebuchi "Buchi" Emecheta Black History Facts profile is for you.   Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/buchi-emecheta/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=media&utm_campaign=buchi_emecheta.

O primeiro Clube Rádio Companhia do ano discutiu “O avesso da pele”, de Jeferson Tenório. * Participaram do podcast: Enrico Sera, que apresentou o episódio; Tamiris Busato, assessora de imprensa do Grupo Companhia das Letras; Bruna Brito, do departamento de projetos digitais; o escritor, roteirista, tradutor e produtor editorial Stefano Volp; e Fernanda SIlva e Sousa, doutoranda no Programa de Teoria Literária e Literatura Comparada também pela USP. * Resenha de "O avesso da pele" por Fernanda Silva e Sousa: www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2020…-policia.shtml Marrom e Amarelo (Paulo Scott): www.companhiadasletras.com.br/detalhe.ph…o=28000141 Homens pretos (não) choram: Stefano Volp: www.amazon.com.br/Homens-pretos-ch…p/dp/6555113316/ Perder a mãe (Saidiya Hartman): bazardotempo.com.br/loja/perder-a-m…-da-escravidao/ Baratas (Scholastique Mukasonga): www.bancatatui.com.br/produtos/baratas/ As alegrias da maternidade (Buchi Emecheta): dublinense.com.br/livros/as-alegri…-da-maternidade/ Atlanta (Netflix): www.netflix.com/br/title/80123779 Insecure (HBO): www.hbomax.com/br/pt/series/urn:…dwg1cosPDWwEAAABT * Para fazer comentários e sugestões, entre em contato pelo e-mail radio@companhiadasletras.com.br ou pelo WhatsApp (11) 94292-7189

Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen was the perfect opportunity for us to discuss some of the wild statements we see on social media about women. We discuss how women can uphold patriarchy, the importance of choosing the right partner and finding hope in difficult situations. As always, we're excited to hear your thoughts! Email us at bookversationspod@gmail.com or drop us a message here: https://anchor.fm/bookversations/message Follow us on Instagram for more book reviews. Next Bookversations Read: In The Early Hours by Khurram Murad (Chapter 1) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bookversations/message

Buchi Emecheta é uma das autoras nigerianas mais celebradas no mundo, e no episódio de hoje falamos sobre Cidadã de segunda classe, que faz parte dos primeiro livros escritos pela autora. Um drama que se distancia da estática hollywoodiana. Este é um episódio de ANÁLISE, com spoilers. Compre AQUI o livro Participantes: Lucas Mota || twitter || instagram Anna Raíssa || twitter Links: Nosso grupo no TELEGRAM Lançamento do podcast Jornada do escritor Suposta Leitura - 33 - As alegrias da maternidade Suposta Leitura - 115 - Americanah Suposta Leitura - 69 - O mundo se despedaça Siga o Suposta Leitura no TWITTER ou INSTAGRAM. Se quiser entrar em contato conosco, envie um e-mail para supostaleitura @ gmail.com

“Abusos silenciosos existem e ás vezes, eles não são tão silenciosos assim”. Escreve a psicóloga Jéssica Cristine em um post no seu perfil do Instagram. Você consegue reconhecer uma agressão emocional? Já passou por violência psicológica e teve dificuldade em pedir ajuda? Nesse episódio, Camila Hilário fala sobre a série MAID, o livro “No fundo do poço” da escritora nigeriana Buchi Emecheta e os efeitos devastadores da violência doméstica. Visite a página do nosso financiamento coletivo e apoie nosso trabalho. Assine o nosso canal no Youtube. Confira as redes das nossas marcas parceiras. Sustentabilidade, saúde e bem-estar menstrual através dos coletores e absorventes da Colete Ejé; Turbantes estampados a mão e acessórios da Ancestras; Lar de pertencimento da estética negra e de temáticas afrocentradas na Fios Afro.

Child slavery, motherhood, female independence and freedom through education are amongst the topics explored in over 20 books by the author Buchi Emecheta. Born in 1944 in an Ibusa village, she lost her father aged eight, travelled to London and made a career as a writer whilst bringing up five children on her own, working by day and studying at night for a degree. Shahidha Bari is joined in the studio by her son Sylvester Onwordi, New Generation Thinker Louisa Egbunike, publisher Margaret Busby and Kadija George (otherwise known as Kadija Sesay) founder of SABLE LitMag. We also hear from other writers and readers, including Diane Abbott MP and poet Grace Nichols, who took part in an event held at the Centre of African Studies at SOAS, University of London, a year after her death. Buchi Emecheta's career took off when she turned her columns for the New Statesman about black British life into a novel In The Ditch which was published in 1972. It depicted a single black mother struggling to cope in England against a background of squalor. Two years later Allison and Busby published her book Second-Class Citizen, which focused on issues of race, poverty and gender. Now her books are being re-published so for Black History Month this October 2021 here's another chance to hear this discussion recorded in 2018. Producer: Robyn Read You can find a playlist Exploring Black History on the Free Thinking website https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08t2qbp Main Image: Buchi Emecheta (Photograph by Valerie Wilmer, courtesy of Sylvester Onwordi (c)).

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For the twentieth episode of The Literary Edit podcast, I was joined by Sylvester Onwordi, the son of the late, great Buchi Emecheta. A psychologist, medical anthropologist and publisher, you can read his list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in the episode are:   Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino Nightwood by Djuna Barnes 2001 Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke In the Ditch by Buchi Emecheta Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carol Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Fictions by Jorges Louis Borges   Other books we spoke about included Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta, The Stranger by Albert Camus, Nostromo by Joseph Conrad and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country.   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram @the_litedit   Twitter @thelitedit

Oi, lindezas! Hoje compartilho com vocês qual será a leitura de novembro de 2021 dos apoiadores do Catarse: Preço de Noiva, de Buchi Emecheta. #LCDindosdaNina ♥

Dans le souci de s'éduquer autant que faire se peut et par ricochet d'éduquer sa communauté à travers son blog Plume Passionnée, Dyna Sow (https://www.instagram.com/miss_voltan/?hl=en (@miss_voltan)) dévore les livres et lit selon des thématiques très précises. Elle s'éduque en ce moment sur le parcours, le vécu et les combats de la femme africaine d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, raison pour laquelle elle je me suis naturellement tournée vers elle pour cet épisode un peu particulier. La discussion d'aujourd'hui repose sur le livre de Buchi Emecheta https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210722.The_Joys_of_Motherhood?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Fb1pYJuOgo&rank=1 (The Joys of Motherhood) que Dyna m'a vivement recommandée et qui m'a profondément bouleversée. Loin d'être une revue littéraire, notre conversation tourne autour des sujets abordés dans le livre : l'amour, le mariage, la parentalité, l'infertilité, la place de la femme dans la société et les défis et lacunes des combats féministes. Le livre BlackTax: Burden or Ubuntu de Niq Mhlongo a également été évoqué, notamment les lourdes attentes financières que les parents et la communauté en général ont envers les enfants une fois que ceux-ci commencent à gagner de l'argent. Toutes les ressources mentionnées dans l'épisode sont disponibles sur le blog Digressions dont le podcast est une extension, et les questions relatives aux sujets abordés avec Dyna peuvent être au bas de l'article dédié à cet épisode. Vous avez été nombreux à me dire que mon contenu mérite rémunération, et aujourd'hui il y a une possibilité de me soutenir financièrement. Tout mon travail autour du déchainement de l'humain à travers la connaissance de soi et la compréhension des dynamiques sociales dans leur ensemble repose sur des réflexions nourries par les nombreux livres que j'achète et que je lis. Si mon contenu vous a jamais été utile et vous souhaitez me remercier, vous pouvez sponsoriser l'achat de livres, ce qui me permettra de poursuivre mission. Il vous suffit de https://www.buymeacoffee.com/befoune (cliquer sur ce lien) et de sponsoriser l'achat d'un, de 2 ou de 3 livres. Si vous souhaitez m'en acheter davantage, alors répétez l'opération, tout simplement. Support this podcast

Oi, lindezas! Hoje compartilho com vocês qual será a leitura de junho de 2021 dos apoiadores do Catarse: No Fundo do Poço, da Buchi Emecheta. #LCDindosdaNina

Você já leu algum livro escrito por uma mulher africana? Já reparou que normalmente conhecemos poucos escritores(as) de países africanos? Essa literatura tão diversa, de países tão ricos de histórias e olhares, tem muito a nos ensinar. Nesse Papo de Livro, passeamos por dois livros incríveis que nos fazem conhecer Moçambique e Nigéria através dos olhares de duas escritoras sensíveis, Paulina Chiziane e Buchi Emecheta. O Papo de Livro é formado pelos editores do NotaTerapia Luiz RIbeiro e Luisa Bertrami e pelos colaboradores Bianca Peter e Pedro Henrique Müller. Veja na versão em vídeo aqui: https://youtu.be/w_d-WGMznCI

Buchi Emecheta's novel The Bride Price takes us back to Nigeria! It tells the tragic story of Aku-nna, a city girl, whose childhood in Lagos is cut short by the unexpected death of her father. Unable to afford urban life, her family then returns to their ancestral village of Ibuza. But Aku-nna finds herself frequently estranged by the customs there. As she comes of age in this new context, The Bride Price offers a glimpse into wider matters of gender and culture. Yet especially through her marriage and death the book highlights the impact of one tradition: the bride price, a payment made by a male suitor to marry a girl. While this is a story very much rooted in its Nigerian setting, at its best, it also raises more transcendent themes. Indeed, it displays a wry, intimate knowledge of the tragedy and comedy of human life. This week we are privileged to feature two formidable expert guests. An extended reflection is offered by the poet and scholar Abena Busia, who is soon to be Emerita Professor of Rutgers University. She is also currently Ghana's Ambassador to Brazil. Then, we interview the publishing legend Margaret Busby, who was Britain's first black woman publisher, as well as the publisher and editor of The Bride Price. -- For more on the show visit literatepodcast.com Get in touch: @literatepodcast (Twitter) or literatepodcast@gmail.com Buy the book from an independent bookstore through our Bookshop affiliate page: https://bookshop.org/lists/literate-books

Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we’ll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know -- but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Leading Ladies, Activists, STEMinists,  Local Legends, and many more. Encyclopedia Womannica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures.Encyclopedia Womannica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Liz Smith, Cinthia Pimentel, Grace Lynch, and Maddy Foley. Special thanks to Shira Atkins, Edie Allard, and Carmen Borca-Carrillo.We are offering free ad space on Wonder Media Network shows to organizations working towards social justice. For more information, please email Jenny at jenny@wondermedianetwork.com.Follow Wonder Media Network:WebsiteInstagramTwitter

Adapted from my Youtube Channel, this is a brief discussion of the novel Joys of Motherhood by the Nigerian author, Buchi Emecheta. A write up on the novel can be found on my website. What is Postcolonialism: Since I claim to be a postcolonialism scholar, I think it is apt to include a brief description of my field of study. In my view, Postcolonialism ( also written as Post Colonialism or Post-Colonialism) is a dynamic field of literary study that focuses on the history of colonialism and native responses to the colonial policies and life after colonialism formally ends. The field of postcolonialism also offers insights into the literature and culture of the  the former European colonies and their struggles after the end of colonialism.   Buchi Emecheta. "The Joys of Motherhood." https://amzn.to/2ZiC14Y --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/masood-raja/message

Bienvenue dans les Capsules littéraires d'Aurore Foukissa pour le podcast Tant que je serai Noire.    "Alors Aurore, si je te dis : santé maternelle des femmes noires, quel livre de la littérature te vient à l'esprit ?"    En 13 min (re)découvrez le livre 'Les enfants sont une bénédiction' de Buchi Emecheta, auteure nigériane, grâce à la talentueuse Aurore Foukissa qui vous donnera envie de vous procurer le livre ou de le relire.    Bonne écoute !   PS : Je vous encourage à vous procurer le livre auprès de la librairie de votre choix.   Invitée : Aurore Foukissa  https://www.africaradio.com/podcasts/...  Lieu :  Studio Majorelle Paris  https://www.studiomajorelle.fr/Instagram  Compte Instagram Tant que je serai Noire : https://www.instagram.com/tantquejese...  Podcast Audio Tant que je serai Noire : https://anchor.fm/tantquejeserainoire Site internet Tant que je serai Noire : https://www.tantquejeserainoire.com/

Buchi Emecheta (1944 - 2017) foi uma escritora nigeriana que, mesmo criando cinco filhos sozinha, conseguiu se graduar em Sociologia e virar uma das escritoras mais relevantes do seu país.

Vilto Reis, Cecilia Marcon e Arthur Marchetto voltam para mais um Clube do Livro do 30:MIN. As Alegrias da Maternidade de Buchi Emecheta entrou no radar dos leitores brasileiros com uma recomendação de Chimamanda Adichie para a Tag em 2017 e desde então vem crescendo em nossas conversas como mais uma obra exemplar da literatura nigeriana. Compre As Alegrias da Maternidade pelo link do 30:MIN Twitter do 30:MIN | Instagram do 30:MIN Grupo Doutrinação Literária do 30:MIN - Facebook Clube do Livro do 30:MIN - Agenda 2020 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/30min/message

O episódio de As Perennials esta semana fala de escuta. Um dos atos mais difíceis dos nossos dias é o de escutar. Mas praticar uma escuta ativa tem sido considerado o novo "abraçar", em função da pandemia e do distanciamento social. Desde o início desta temporada nos propusemos a escutar e incorporar ainda mais vocês no nosso podcast. Por isso nada melhor do que falarmos sobre este tema com uma de vocês: Juliana Braga, mineira radicada em Porto Alegre, a nossa perennial de julho. E você? Tem escutado bastante? Contem pra gente. Queremos sempre ouvi-las! Nesta temporada, mais do que nunca. E sempre através dos nossos canais: Instagram: @asperennials Facebook: /asperennials Site: www.asperennials.com.br (que está sendo reformulado e volta em breve) Email: falecom@asperennials.com.br ———————————————-------------- FICHA TÉCNICA Direção e edição: Rodrigo James (@rodrigojames) Fotos: Márcio Rodrigues (@marciorodriguesphoto) Agencia de Comunicação: Oficina 161 (@oficina161) ————————————————————— DICAS PERENNIALS A Mailda indicou os livros "O Inferno Somos Nós", de Leandro Karnal e Monja Coen: https://amzn.to/3gkIHpa e "Felicidade: Modos de Usar", de Mário Sérgio Cortella, Leandro Karnal e Luiz Felipe Pondé: https://amzn.to/305azrM A Fernanda indicou o filme "Bem Vindo à Marly-Gomont", de Julien Rambaldi: https://www.netflix.com/title/80123740 e o livro "Escravidão", de Laurentino Gomes: https://amzn.to/30Rd7Jk A Nat indicou o filme "Collette", de Wash Westmoreland: https://bit.ly/305DFYe E a Juliana indicou os livros "A Vida Invisível de Eurídice Gusmão", de Martha Batalha: https://amzn.to/2CY9Dwz, "As Alegrias da Maternidade", de Buchi Emecheta: https://amzn.to/3hIyPpI e "As Cinco Linguagens do Amor", de Gary Chapman: https://amzn.to/30V3sSb

Un 21 Juillet est née… Buchi Emecheta, autrice Nigériane qui écrira sur la situation des femmes noires au Royaume Uni ou le statut de mère célibataire. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On the surface review about Buchi Emecheta's book - The Joys Of Motherhood. Talking about the irony in the title and how it reflects in the book. The notion of how society sees women as mothers rather than humans is flawed.

The writing life of two authors who should have been sharing a stage at the Bare Lit Festival. Irenosen Okojie and Nadifa Mohammed talk to Shahidha Bari in a conversation organised with the Royal Society of Literature. And 2020 New Generation Thinker Seren Griffiths describes a project to use music by composer at an archaeological site to mark the summer solstice and the findings of her dig. The Somali-British novelist Nadifa Mohamed featured on Granta magazine's list "Best of Young British Novelists" in 2013, and in 2014 on the Africa39 list of writers under 40. Her first novel Black Mamba Boy won a Betty Trask Award. Her second novel The Orchard of Lost Souls won the Somerset Maugham Award and contributed poems to the collection edited by Margaret Busby in 2019 New Daughters of Africa. Irenosen Okojie's debut novel, Butterfly Fish, won a Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Edinburgh First Book Award. Her short story collection, Speak Gigantular was shortlisted for the Edgehill Short Story Prize, the Jhalak Prize, the Saboteur Awards and nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award. Her most recent book is called Nudibranch. You can find more information about the Bare Lit Festival http://barelitfestival.com/ and about the Royal Society of Literature https://rsliterature.org/ Irenosen is one of the voices talking about Buchi Emecheta in this programme https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09r89gt Caine Prize 2019 winner Lesley Nneka Arimah is interviewed https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006mtb Caine Prize 2018 winner Makena Onjerika https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b89ssp Billy Kahora a Caine nominee https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02tw6fg The music used by Seren Griffiths is by https://jonhughesmusic.com/ and you can find out about the dig https://bryncellidduarchaeology.wordpress.com/the-bryn-celli-ddu-rock-art-project/ and the minecraft https://mcphh.org/bryn-celli-ddu-minecraft-experience/ New Generation Thinkers is the scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to select ten academics each year to turn their research into radio. Producer: Robyn Read

Its an autobiography of the author, she shared her experience on racism in the united kingdom and how she worked her to achieve her dreams of becoming a writer.

Nesta semana recebemos a Camila Cabete para nos deleitarmos com “As Alegrias da Maternidade” de Buchi Emecheta. ======== COMPRE O LIVRO Amazon - https://www.amazon.com.br/gp/product/8583181101/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=8583181101&linkCode=as2&tag=b908-20&linkId=0bee6c761604421b2a6906a6cc974518 ======== COMENTADO NO EPISÓDIO Podcast As Desqualificadas - http://www.central3.com.br/category/podcasts/desqualificadas/ Tag livros: use o cupom CAIXATAG15 e leve 15% de desconto na primeira mensalidade - https://taglivros.com/associe-se/escolha-sua-caixinha ======== FALE CONOSCO . Email: caixadehistorias@b9.com.br . Facebook: www.facebook.com/caixadehistoriaspodcast . Twitter e Periscope: twitter.com/caixa_historias . Instagram: www.instagram.com/caixadehistorias . Grupo de Leitores no Facebook – Pandores: www.facebook.com/groups/pandores ==== APOIE O CAIXA DE HISTÓRIAS Apoia-se do Caixa de Histórias - https://apoia.se/cdh Patreon do Caixa de Histórias - https://www.patreon.com/CdH?ty=h PicPay do Caixa de Histórias - https://picpay.me/caixadehistorias ======== TRILHA SONORA Artifact – The Dark Contenent de Kevin MacLeod está licenciada sob uma licença Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Origem: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100324 Artista: http://incompetech.com/

In This Episode: I will introduce you to the Mother of Modern African Literature, Flora Nwapa. She was on the most popular African Authors, who changed the face of writing. She was a woman ahead of her time, a feminist before it was “cool” to be one. Flora Nwapa was a strong African woman with a voice, who expressed herself through her books. Mentioned In This Episode: 1. Buchi Emecheta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchi_Emecheta 2 Elechi Amadi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elechi_Amadi 3 Ngugi Wa tihiong’o: https://ngugiwathiongo.com/ 4 Wangari Maathia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wangari_Maathai 5 Flora Nwapa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_Nwapa 6 Chinua Achebe:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinua_Achebe 7 Wole Soyinka: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wole_Soyinka 8 University of Ibadan: http://www.ui.edu.ng/ 9 Edinburgh University: https://www.ed.ac.uk/ 10 University of Lagos: https://unilag.edu.ng/ 11 Alvan Ikoku College of Education: https://www.alvanikoku.edu.ng/ 12 Efuru: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efuru 13 Things Fall Apart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_Fall_Apart 14 Heinemann: https://www.heinemann.com/ 15 Idu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idu_(novel) 16 Never Again: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898307.Never_Again 17 One Is Enough: https://www.amazon.com/One-Enough-Africa-Women-Writers/dp/0865433232 18 Women are Different: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898305.Women_Are_Different 19 This is Lagos: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898312.This_Is_Lagos_and_Other_Stories 20 Wives at War: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/898311.Wives_at_War_and_Other_Stories 21 Cassava Song and Rice Song: https://www.amazon.com/Cassava-Song-Flora-Nwapa-Poetry/dp/B001CAT29M 22 New York University: https://www.nyu.edu/ 23 Trinity College: https://www.trincoll.edu/ 24 The University of Minnesota: https://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 25 The University of Michigan https://umich.edu/ 26 The University of Ilorin: http://www.unilorin.edu.ng/ Connect: Email: excusemyafrican@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/excusemyafrican Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realexcusemyafrican/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Excuse-My-African-1360118967397852/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excusemyafrican/support

Writer Jana Marlene Mader and art historian Kaitlyn Allen discuss the lives of Kim Lim and Buchi Emecheta. This episode was originally aired on 08/30/2019 on montez press radio out of London.

Papo sobre o romance As alegrias da Maternidade de Buchi Emecheta. Marcelo Pires também lembra um poema de Wislawa Szymborska. PS do PS do PS é uma coprodução de Marcelo Pires com America Podcast. America Podcast é uma plataforma e produtora de podcast como séries autorais e também para marcas. [...]

Sexo é trabalho para as mulheres. O trabalho sexual é uma das obrigações dentro do trabalho reprodutivo. Referência: “Cidadã de segunda classe”, Buchi Emecheta, Editora Dublinense. Links: Olhares Podcast – Mulheres e saúde mental: http://olharespodcast.com.br/ep-032-mulheres-e-saude-mental/ Redes sociais: Twitter: https://twitter.com/punhopodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/punhopodcast

Caio Lima, do Rede de Intrigas, estreia com seu diário trazendo um poema sobre o tempo, de W.G. Sebald, que o leva até o romance "Cidadã de Segunda Classe", da Buchi Emecheta, lançado aqui pela Dublinense. Vale conferir!

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We're back to continue our series on radical, community libraries! In this episode, we chat with Ola Ronke Akinmowo of the Free Black Women's Library, Dev Aujla of Sorted Library, and Jen Hoyer and Daniel Pecoraro from our own Interference Archive library. To learn more about the Free Black Women's Library, stay up to date about future pop ups, and find out where to donate books, visit her site, follow the library on social media @thefreeblackwomenslibrary, and consider supporting the project via Patreon. Here's a short list of reading recommendations from Ola Ronke: Audre Lorde, Gloria Naylor, Buchi Emecheta, Pat Parker, June Jordan, Nnedi Okorafor, especially Who Fears Death, Octavia Butler, especially Parable of the Sower, Zora Neale Hurston, especially Dust Tracks on the Road, This Thing Around My Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sula by Toni Morrison, Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi, Things We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons, All About Love by bell hooks, Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires, I, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé, The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clementine Wamariya, Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper. To learn more about the Sorted Library, including the date of their next open house, you can follow them on Instagram @SortedLibrary or visit them at sortedlibrary.com. To learn more about the Interference Archive library, visit our website, or visit us in person. The archive (and library) is open to the public Thursdays-Sundays. A huge thank you to Ola Ronke Akinmowo, Dev Aujla, Jen Hoyer, and Daniel Pecoraro for talking with us and the important and exciting work you do! Music: “Good Times” and “Laid Back Fuzz” Podington Bear Produced by Interference Archive.

We’re back to continue our series on radical, community libraries! In this episode, we chat with Ola Ronke Akinmowo of the Free Black Women’s Library, Dev Aujla of Sorted Library, and Jen Hoyer and Daniel Pecoraro from our own Interference Archive library. To learn more about the Free Black Women’s Library, stay up to date about future pop ups, and find out where to donate books, visit her site, follow the library on social media @thefreeblackwomenslibrary, and consider supporting the project via Patreon. Here’s a short list of reading recommendations from Ola Ronke: Audre Lorde, Gloria Naylor, Buchi Emecheta, Pat Parker, June Jordan, Nnedi Okorafor, especially Who Fears Death, Octavia Butler, especially Parable of the Sower, Zora Neale Hurston, especially Dust Tracks on the Road, This Thing Around My Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sula by Toni Morrison, Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi, Things We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons, All About Love by bell hooks, Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires, I, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé, The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clementine Wamariya, Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper. To learn more about the Sorted Library, including the date of their next open house, you can follow them on Instagram @SortedLibrary or visit them at sortedlibrary.com. To learn more about the Interference Archive library, visit our website, or visit us in person. The archive (and library) is open to the public Thursdays-Sundays. A huge thank you to Ola Ronke Akinmowo, Dev Aujla, Jen Hoyer, and Daniel Pecoraro for talking with us and the important and exciting work you do! Music: “Good Times” and “Laid Back Fuzz” Podington Bear Produced by Interference Archive.

In episode seventeen, we discuss Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen.Published in 1974, Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen is the story of Adah, a young Nigerian woman, mother and wife who follows her husband to London in the pursuit of an independent life free from strict cultural traditions.Adah’s desire for equality and her struggle for self-confidence and dignity are themes that are reoccurring in Buchi’s work, and Second Class Citizen is an typical example of that.However, in 1960s London, Adah faces new struggles as a black immigrant, among them racism and the harsh realities of her marriage.Show NotesBuchi Emecheta: https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/buchi-emechetaBuchi Emecheta obituary: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/03/buchi-emecheta-obituaryA Sort-of Career: Remembering Buchi Emecheta: https://www.wasafiri.org/article/sort-career-remembering-buchi-emecheta/Cooking with Buchi Emecheta: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/08/03/cooking-with-buchi-emecheta-2/Buchi Emecheta interview | Civil Rights | women's rights | Today | 1975RecommendationsFi‘A Trip to Echo Spring: One Writers and Drinking’ by Olivia Laing‘Draw Your Weapons’ by Sarah Sentilles‘Annie Dillard and the Writing Life’ by Alexander CheeKirby‘The Good People’ by Hannah KentBBC World Series: The Documentary PodcastNevePose‘Mothers’ by Kim Ye-Seol in The Lifted Brow issue 39‘Peter Darling’ by Austin ChantContact UsTwitter: @litcanonballInstagram: @literarycanonballFind us on Facebook at Literary Canon BallEmail: literarycanonball@gmail.com

Buchi Emecheta explored child slavery, motherhood, female independence and freedom through education in over 20 books. Born in 1944 in an Ibusa village, she lost her father aged eight, travelled to London and made a career as a writer whilst bringing up five children on her own, working by day and studying at night for a degree. Shahidha Bari talks to her son Sylvester Onwordi, to New Generation Thinker Louisa Egbunike, to publisher Margaret Busby and magazine editor Kadija George. We also hear from other writers and publishers taking part in a day long series of discussions and performances at the Centre of African Studies at SOAS, University of London, on Saturday 3rd February. They include Alastair Niven - former Director of the Africa Centre, Dr Marie Linton Umeh, writer Irenosen Okojie, Professor Akachi Ezeigbo and poet Grace Nichols. Buchi Emecheta's career took off when she turned her columns for the New Statesman about black British life into a novel In The Ditch which was published in 1972. It depicted a single black mother struggling to cope in England against a background of squalor. Two years later Allison and Busby published her book Second-Class Citizen, which focused on issues of race, poverty and gender. Now, a year after her death, the Omenala Press is re-issuing editions of her work. Producer: Robyn Read

Comenzamos esta tercera temporada de los Búfalos acercándonos a los incomprendidos. Los artistas malditos que fueron represaliados y olvidados y que Santiago Posteguillo aúna en su última novela El séptimo círculo del infierno (Editorial Planeta). Nos adentramos a los límites de la locura en el arte, la poesía y la literatura y a todos aquellos que fueron perseguidos por su género, sexualidad o por su necesidad de ser libres e independientes.Charlamos con Santiago Posteguillo sobre alguno de estos escritores malditos cuyas obras cayeron en un olvido provocado: Safo, Buchi Emecheta o Mijaíl Bulgákov son algunos de los ejemplos.Sometemos a la primera biblioterapia de esta nueva temporada al escritor Juan Eslava Galán.Locura, arte, cine y literatura con la escritora y psicoanalista Marina Navarro, coordinadora del número "Arte y Literatura" de Litoral, Lorenzo Saval, director de la revista y el psicólogo Sergio García.Con motivo del 40 aniversario del fallecimiento de María Callas, el musicólogo y crítico musical de El País Pablo L. Rodríguez nos hace un repaso por la vida y obra de la artista.Terminamos acudiendo a una fantástica exposición en el Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno: "En Rebeldía. Narraciones femeninas en el mundo árabe" y charlamos con su comisario Juan Vicente Aliaga.Llenos de creatividad, arte y poesía nos despedimos con nuestra locura hasta el siguiente episodio.

Matthew Bannister on The comedy writer Alan Simpson. With his partner Ray Galton, he created classic sitcoms including Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son. Brunhilde Pomsel who was the secretary to the Nazi propaganda chief Josef Goebbels. Sir Ken Morrison, the Yorkshireman who built up the family grocery firm to become Britain's fourth largest supermarket chain. And the Nigerian born novelist Buchi Emecheta who overcame prejudice to follow her passion for writing.