Head Above Water (book)

This article is about an autobiography by Buchi Emecheta. For other uses, see Head Above Water.

Head above Water

Author	Buchi Emecheta
Cover artist	Victor Ehikhamenor
Language	English
Series	African Writers Series
Genre	Non-fiction, Autobiography
Set in	Nigeria, London
Publisher	Heinemann publisher
Publication date	1986
Publication place	Nigeria
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	229 pp (first edition)
ISBN	9780950817736 (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]}

References

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.
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).