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Slave Girl
Emecheta, Buchi; Slave Girl. : George Braziller , 1980. $17.95, ISBN 978-0807609521.

Note: "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." Publisher



Rating: HR Grade: H / AD Type: Book

Reviewed by: Africa Access

Subject: West Africa / Nigeria / Fiction / Black author