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Second Class Citizen

Buchi Emecheta

Paperback | Pages: 174 pages

Rating: 3.94 | 1564 Users | 165 Reviews

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Original Title:	Second-Class Citizen
ISBN:	0807610666 (ISBN13: 9780807610664)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Nigeria

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Second Class Citizen is a very auto-biographical account of Buchi Emecheta’s emigration from Nigeria to London. It’s a personal story, one that candidly depicts the challenges of living with a difficult and unfaithful spouse, of being a young mother with little money, of the added challenge of “polite” racism that forced her to live beneath her previous standards, and even her own trivial concerns, such as not being properly dressed in the hospital after nearly dying during childbirth. One wants to reach through the pages and shake this obviously intelligent woman and make her stand up on her own. Her upbringing in Africa has taught her that women are second class and do not matter as much as their husbands, they are only to take care of the home and have as many children as possible. Thankfully, after living in London for years, she unlearns those childhood “lessons.” You can hear this woman’s voice as you read and know she is a person you could easily befriend and always be entertained by; she almost always finds the positive in the negative (and she’s got plenty of negatives!). Dr. Emecheta is an author who has been an inspiration to me; not only was she living in a foreign country raising five children and acting as the sole support for her family, but she still managed to have a career and write prolifically. Where she had the time is anyone’s guess.

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Title	:	Second Class Citizen
Author	:	Buchi Emecheta
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 174 pages
Published	:	February 17th 1983 by George Braziller Inc. (first published 1974)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Africa. Feminism. Literature. African Literature. Western Africa. Nigeria

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Ratings: 3.94 From 1564 Users | 165 Reviews

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Second Class Citizen really affected me. Whilst some cultural references bewildered me when I read its first few chapters because of my detachment from the Nigerian culture, the book hooked me right through. I loved and respected Adah for both her flaws and her strength in character; she is strong, naive, contradictory and honestly reflective and I could relate to her. I could not imagine what my life would be if I were Adah. Reading the book made me feel grateful for all the privileges I had.

This is a masterpiece

Really enjoyed that one, Adha was such a strong female who tried to survive the new culture she moved to. Her husband was so annoying, however we see and hear of this type of husbands all the time. A great work, excited to discuss it in class!

Finally a book with a strong female protagonist who overcomes the hardships that are imposed on her by a patriarchal, racist society.

I actually gave her one star only out of appreciation to her effort and attempt of writing.As interesting as such feminist story can be, a story of self realization out of determination and suffering. Yet, I still see the text lakes the writing sparkling talent. Buchi was a great woman no doubt about it, it's obvious that the story is autobiographical, yet she failed to put on a cohesive texte. We kept on rotating around the bad husband that she should get ride of for almost half of the book.

This was a great read, I really enjoyed this book. I love the characters as well as the story line. One of the quotes I got from this book is ' A man who treated his mother like shit would always treat his wife like a shit' I believe this to be true because I have come across it. It shows how life is like in Nigeria as a woman and what some of them went through by having hard times living by the rules.

Second Class Citizen is a very auto-biographical account of Buchi Emechetas emigration from Nigeria to London. Its a personal story, one that candidly depicts the challenges of living with a difficult and unfaithful spouse, of being a young mother with little money, of the added challenge of polite racism that forced her to live beneath her previous standards, and even her own trivial concerns, such as not being properly dressed in the hospital after nearly dying during childbirth. One wants to