The Slave Girl (1977 novel)
Allison and Busby | |
Pages | 179 |
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Awards | Jock Campbell Award from the New Statesman |
Preceded by | The Bride Price |
Followed by | The Joys of Motherhood |
The Slave Girl is a 1977 novel by
The Slave Girl was reissued in 2018 by Omenala Press.[5]
Synopsis
The Slave Girl is set in colonial Nigeria, in the early 1900s, and tells the story of Ogbanje Ojebeta who, following the death of her parents is sold into domestic slavery. "She finds solace among her fellow slaves but learns the painful lessons of what it means to be owned by another. As she grows into a woman she longs for freedom and for a family of her own. She realizes that she must ultimately decide her own destiny, and when the opportunity arises, makes a choice that we as modern readers might find surprising."[5]
Critical reception
Favourable reviews of the novel appeared in publications including the New Statesman – which said: "Buchi Emecheta generates a fine sympathy with human distress; this loving novel makes a telling indictment of pagan and Christian inhumanity to women" – and the
Awards
- 1978: Jock Campbell Award from the New Statesman
Further reading
- Brodzki, Bella (1994), "'Changing Masters': Gender, Genre, and the Discourses of Slavery", in Margaret R. Higonnet (ed.), Borderwork: Feminist Engagements with Comparative Literature, Ithaca; London: Cornell University Press, pp. 42–60.
- Frank, Katherine (September 1982). "The death of the slave girl: African womanhood in the novels of Buchi Emecheta". .
- Tahbildar, Barnali (1997), "The Role of the Nigerian Woman in Emecheta's The Slave Girl", Postcolonial Web.
References
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ISBN 9788126908325.
- ^ "Buchi Emecheta 1944–", Concise Major 21st Century Writers , encyclopedia.com.
- ^ Busby, Margaret, "Buchi Emecheta obituary", The Guardian, 3 February 2017.
- ^ a b c "The Slave Girl", Omenala Press.
- ^ Carol Dix, "Black bite: Carol Dix on women's books", The Guardian, 6 February 1975, p. 11.
- ^ Ogunseiju, Julianah, "The Slave Girl (by Buchi Emecheta)", Africa Book Club, 1 August 2012.
- JSTOR 40132692.
External links
- Margaret Busby, "Where to start with: Buchi Emecheta", The Guardian, 20 March 2024.
- Emard Brice Likibi, Marien Ngouabi-Capes, "Discourse analysis on Buchi Emecheta's The Slave Girl", Memoire online, 2008.