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I was a threat to a lot of women and to a lot of men. The women cannot forgive me if I remain single and also have a family. But I have a family as well and am raising them. A lot of women only stay in their marriages because of the children so seeing me on my own annoys them.

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Buchi Emecheta
Age: 72 †
Born: 1944
Born: July 21
Died: 2017
Died: January 25
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