"(Narrator, p. 93)"
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Second_Class_Citizen
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Second Class Citizen
Second Class Citizen is a 1974 novel by Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta first published in London by Allison and Busby, where her editor was Margaret Busby. It was subsequently published in the US by George Braziller in 1975. A poignant[neutrality is disputed] story of a resourceful Nigerian woman who overcomes strict tribal domination of women and countless setbacks to achieve an independent life for herself and her children, the novel is often described as semi-autobiographical. The protagonist
25 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Second Class Citizen →
Related Quotes
"Adah could not stop thinking about her discovery that the whites were just as fallible as everyone else. There were b…"
"(Narrator, p. 53)"
"Did she not feel totally fulfilled when she had completed the manuscript, just as if it were another baby she had had?"
"(Narrator, p. 166)"
"Her children were going to be different. They were all going to be black, they were going to enjoy being black, be pr…"
"(Narrator, p. 141)"
"London, having killed Adah's congregational God, created instead a personal God who loomed large and really alive."
"(Narrator, p. 151)"
"They were going to get the room they were asking for. Pa Noble was too old for Sue."
"You must know, my dear young lady, that in Lagos you may be a million publicity officers for the Americans; you may b…"