The Slave Girl: A Novel Paperback – May 17, 1980

I'm surprised Emecheta ever said she didn't want to be called a feminist!!. This book shows that's exactly what she was. I appreciate her introspection though, for at the time this book was first published in 1977, very few Ibo women could dare to think of themselves as people who deserved better than the life of subjugation their customs and culture subjected them to. Buchi was a bold woman. Good read as usual.

My daughter had to read this for school... so being the crazy parent who enjoys reading, I read it as well (because I read all the books my kids have to read). I really enjoyed it. Well written and descriptive it paints a detailed picture of the girls life from loved child, to orphan, to slave, woman and freedom. Worth the read. Not a long book.

This novel offers a more accurate narrative of African Identity. It charts the journey of a young girl from slavery to freedom, but more importantly it refutes a Western Fairytale ending. Instead the novel inserts its reader into the Igbo way of thinking and living, and their terms of a happy ending. I enjoyed this novel tremendously. It is a good read.

This is a very thoughtful story linking colonialism, Christianity and slavery to patriarchy and marriage.. Freedom for women is actually denied within each of these institutions as women are always bought and sold.

Really good book. Emecheta is an excellent writer. Flows well and has good content.

The Slave Girl, by Buchi Emecheta, follows the life of Ogbanje Ojebeta, a Nigerian girl who faces tragedy and slavery in the height of African colonialism, the early 1900s. She is orphaned at an early age, then betrayed and sold into slavery by her own people. She learns that in order to survive she must grow-up at the age of seven and lean on her newfound slave family. After nine years she discovers that her destiny is something only she can choose for herself.This novel opened my eyes to the truth behind slavery in Africa. I had never considered the possibility of children being traded within their own countries and being owned, essentially, by their people. After reading this book, detailed with culture and vivid descriptions of Ogbanje Ojebeta's life, I can't wait to further educate myself on this topic and Africa as a whole.

This book had so much potential to be very good but it just fell flat in every way. I'm sorry.

Once again Ms Emecheta has written a thought provoking and captivating book about domestic slavery in Nigeria. The setting is in Nigeria in the early 20th Century and wound around significant events of the time such as the Influenza epidemic, Aba market women's riot,colonization and arrival of the missionaries. The heroine a young girl is sold into slavery by her own brother after the death of their parents in the influenze epidemic. The story details the twists and turns in her life while in bondage, her eventual return to her people and subsequent events.

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Wer nach Nigeria reist, sollte dieses Buch vorher lesen. Es gibt Hinweise darauf, welche Lebensbedingungen noch während der britischen Kolonialzeit herrschten - über persönliche Freiheit konnte man einfach verfügen.

The book is good but it's too expensive.