Second Class Citizen (novel)

Second Class Citizen

First edition (UK)
Author	Buchi Emecheta
Country	Nigeria
Language	English
Genre	Literary fiction
Publisher	Allison & Busby
Publication date	1974
Pages	174 pp.
ISBN	978-0-8076-1128-9
Preceded by	In the Ditch
Followed by	The Bride Price

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 story of a resourceful Nigerian woman Adah who was belittled by everyone.While growing up her parents especially her father did not really want to send her off to school he thinks a woman's education is going to end up in her husband's kitchen Unlike her junior brother boy who was sent to school at an early age, after an incident she was allowed to go to school well what did you know she was a bright student after all after her primary school education she then proceeded to go to her secondary school ,she graduated from her secondary school she got married without a ring but she loved her husband Francis dearly she thinks she's going to be treated well by her husband Francis. He did treat her right ,but as soon as they got to London he changed towards her and her children Adah being a strong woman did not rely on her husband she 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 Adah's journey from Nigeria to London – where despite atrocious living conditions and a violent marriage, she "finds refuge in her dream of becoming a writer"^[1] – follows closely Emecheta's own trajectory as an author.^[2]