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- Birth nameFlorence Onyebuchi Emecheta
- Buchi Emecheta was born on July 21, 1944 in Lagos, British Nigeria. She was a writer, known for Crown Court (1972), Centre Play (1973) and The Light of Experience (1976). She was married to Sylvester Onwordi. She died on January 25, 2017 in London, England, UK.
- SpouseSylvester Onwordi(1960 - 1966) (divorced, 5 children)
- London, UK
- She moved to England in 1960 with her husband Sylvester Onwordi, to whom she had been engaged when she was 11. At age 22, she left him and worked to support herself and five children. She completed a sociology degree at the University of London and contributed a column to the New Statesman about black British life.
- She was a Nigerian author whose 20 novels were inspired by her experiences as a black single mother in Great Britain.
- In 2005, she was made an OBE for services to literature.
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