Head above Water explained

Head above Water
Author:Buchi Emecheta
Country:Nigeria
Language:English
Cover Artist:Victor Ehikhamenor
Genre:Non-fiction, Autobiography
Set In:Nigeria, London
Publisher:Heinemann publisher
Pub Date:1986
Media Type:Print (hardcover)
Pages:229 pp (first edition)
Series:African Writers Series
Isbn:9780950817736
Isbn Note:(first edition)
Oclc:59798996

Head above Water is a 1986 non-fiction book by Nigerian novelist Buchi Emecheta. It was published in 1986 in the African Writers Series by Heinemann[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] and has been described as "anecdotal autobiography."[6]

Plot summary

Head above Water is an autobiography by Buchi Emecheta. It discusses her days in Nigeria, down to her life in London at the time as a renowned author.[7] [8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Head Above Water. Granta. 1 March 1983.
  2. Web site: Head Above Water by Buchi Emecheta. Fantastic Fiction.
  3. Head above water. Buchi. Emecheta. 5 May 2014. Kunapipi. 3. 1.
  4. News: Suspense Strategies in Buchi Emecheta's Head Above Water. S. J.. Boakye. 19 August 2013. 56239067.
  5. Mfune-Mwanjakwa . Damazio . 2006 . Ambivalence: Buchi Emecheta's rugged road towards female self-actualisation in Head Above Water . J. Humanit. (Zomba).
  6. Web site: Fiction Book Review: Head Above Water by Buchi Emecheta, Author Heinemann Educational Books $9.95 (229p) ISBN 978-0-435-90993-2. PublishersWeekly.com. 31 January 1994.
  7. Diasporan subjectivity and the dynamics of empowerment in Buchi Emecheta's Head Above Water. Delphine. Fongang. 1 January 2013. African and Black Diaspora. 6. 1. 43–54. 10.1080/17528631.2012.739913. 144974763.
  8. Web site: Women in World History: PRIMARY SOURCES. chnm.gmu.edu.
  9. Autobiographical Traces of Bond Between A Novelist and Her Characters: The Case of Buchi Emecheta. D.. Okyere-Darko. U. S.. Tetteh. 18 April 2016. African Journal of Applied Research . 2. 1.