Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Oyenike Ilaka

  • The Joys of Motherhood: The classic Nigerian novel

    Oyenike IlakaAlbany, New York The Joys of Motherhood is a Nigerian novel written by Buchi Emecheta in 1979. Emecheta was a Nigerian woman from the Igbo tribe. Born in 1944, she spent her childhood in Lagos. At sixteen, she married and immigrated to London, where she discovered her passion for writing. Unfortunately, her husband was…