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]

Head above Water
AuthorBuchi Emecheta
Cover artistVictor Ehikhamenor
CountryNigeria
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAfrican Writers Series
GenreNon-fiction, Autobiography
Set inNigeria, London
PublisherHeinemann publisher
Publication date
1986
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages229 pp (first edition)
ISBN9780950817736 (first edition)
OCLC59798996

Plot summary edit

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]

References edit

  1. ^ "Head Above Water". Granta. 1 March 1983.
  2. ^ "Head Above Water by Buchi Emecheta". Fantastic Fiction.
  3. ^ Emecheta, Buchi (5 May 2014). "Head above water". Kunapipi. 3 (1).
  4. ^ Boakye, S. J. (19 August 2013). "Suspense Strategies in Buchi Emecheta's Head Above Water". S2CID 56239067. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. ^ Mfune-Mwanjakwa, Damazio (2006). "Ambivalence: Buchi Emecheta's rugged road towards female self-actualisation in Head Above Water". J. Humanit. (Zomba).
  6. ^ "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. ^ Fongang, Delphine (1 January 2013). "Diasporan subjectivity and the dynamics of empowerment in Buchi Emecheta's Head Above Water". African and Black Diaspora. 6 (1): 43–54. doi:10.1080/17528631.2012.739913. S2CID 144974763.
  8. ^ "Women in World History: PRIMARY SOURCES". chnm.gmu.edu.
  9. ^ Okyere-Darko, D.; Tetteh, U. S. (18 April 2016). "Autobiographical Traces of Bond Between A Novelist and Her Characters: The Case of Buchi Emecheta". African Journal of Applied Research. 2 (1).