Quote of the day
The first duty towards children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.
Buchi Emecheta

Born: July 21, 1944
Died: January 25, 2017 (aged 72)
Bio: Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian novelist, based in Britain since 1960, who has also written plays and autobiography, as well as for children.
Known for:
- The Joys of Motherhood (1979)
- The Bride Price (1976)
- Second-class Citizen (1974)
- The slave girl (1977)
- Destination Biafra (1982)