A new US edition. The story of Aku nna, a young Ibo girl and Chike the son of a prosperous former slave whose marriage is made difficult when Aku nna's uncle refuses to pay her bride price. The young girl beings to be haunted by a fear that she will die in childbirth, the fate, according to tribal lore, awaiting every woman whose bride price is not paid. 168pp, USA. GEORGE BRAZILLER.

US edition. The story of a young Jamaican girl, Gwendolen Brillianton, who is born into poverty and deserted by her parents when they emigrate to London. Being reunited with her parents and the siblings she has never met does not end er problems, and she realise she must must fight her family and take control of her own life in order to recover from abuse and take pride in her self. UK edition (Now Out of Print) published as Gwendolen. 239pp, USA. . 0807612502

An autobiography describing her struggle to become a writer in London. 229pp. UK African Writers Series, 0435909932

1994 Paperback

The story of a young Nigerian woman left alone in London with five children. 144pp, UK. African Wriers Series, 0435909940

1994 Paperback

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Born to Igbo parents in Nigeria, Emecheta has lived for over twenty years in Britain. Her work is marked by the tension between the traditional and the modern in women's lives and their role as mothers and carers.

The ironically titled Joys of Motherhood is Emecheta's indictment of a society which demands the continuing fertility of its women. Her main character Nnu Ego's whole destiny is centred around her children and her role as a mother, but she's continually disappointed as her identity is eroded, leaving her defined by her ability to bear children. 224pp, UK.

Kehinde and her husband Albert had always intended to return to Nigeria. When the opportunity arises, Kehinde realises she is reluctant to leave London and the independence she has enjoyed there. Albert is determined not to be thwarted in his plans. He thinks that it is wife's duty to obey him, and forces her to make terrible choices. 144 pp. UK. African Writers Series, 0435909851

1994 Paperback

This novel looks at the challenge facinga black child adopted by a white family. 154 pp. UK. Heinemann African Writers Series.

Adah, an Igbo woman, moves to England to live with her husband. She soon realises she is a second class citizen both in her home and in London. 186pp, UK. HEINEMANN AFRICAN WRITERS SERIES.

US edition. Ogbanje Ojebeta enjoys the special care and love of an only daughter. When her parents die, her greedy brother sells her to a rich relative and from then on she must live the life of a slave. 179pp, USA. BRAZILLER, GEORGE. 0807609528