'The Slave Girl' by Buchi Emecheta (Review!)

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I'm finally back again! Did you miss me?😉Today I'm here with another book review!!!!!! So let's get into this delight of a book!

'The Slave Girl' is such a lovely book. I think I even read it twice! Although I don't think I finished it the first time. Anyways, let's really talk about this book. Shall we?

Buchi Emecheta wrote this book in such a perfect way. Let me explain. It all started with an ogbanje child. An ogbanje child is one that keeps dying and coming back. This child in particular never died and came back. She was a girl child of course, so it was very unusual for them. This is because every ogbanje child they had given birth to was a girl child. Who is they? Her parents of course. Who is her? Ogbanje Ojebeta of course. She is the token slave girl, but we aren't there yet! I don't even think I want to tell you how she became a slave. Yeah, that's for you to find out😉. Anyways, her parents were so excited to have her. They adorned her with charms and the most beautiful tribal marks in their culture (other people didn't understand them). She even sucked up until 5 years of age, or maybe it was 6🤔. The only reason she stopped was because her parents died unfortunately. Why did they die? Felenza. Felenza is not even a real sickness, it's the effects of poisonous gas being over inhaled. This was as a effect of World War I or II. I don't remeber exactly, it was sha a world war. What did Nigeria have to do with it? If you ask me, na who I go ask🤷‍♀️. How she became a slave? I told you that you'll have to read it na😉.

I just love the way that Buchi Emecheta wrote this book. I love the emotions it put me through. I love how I felt as I was reading it and my eagerness to pick it back up and continue. I hope you read it as well and love the book as much as I did! Enjoy and stay smart, wise, and woke!!!!!!

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