The Slave Girl
Buchi Emecheta
180 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0807609528
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Language: English
Publish: May 17, 1980
AfricaAfrican LiteratureFamilyFictionHistorical FictionInternationalLiteratureNovelsWestern AfricaWomens
“Her graphically detailed pictures of tribal life make the novel memorable.”― Chicago Tribune The Slave Girl follows the fortunes of Ogbanje Ojebeta, a Nigerian woman who is sold into slavery in her own land after disease and tragedy leave her orphaned as a child. In her fellow slaves, she finds a surrogate family that clings together under the unbending will of their master. As Ogbanje Ojebeta becomes a woman and discovers her need for home and family, and for freedom and identity, she realizes that she must ultimately choose her own destiny.