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At home in Nigeria, all a mother had to do for a baby was wash and feed him and, if he was fidgety, strap him onto her back and carry on with her work while that baby slept.
— Buchi Emecheta
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "At home in Nigeria, all a mother had to do for a baby was wash and feed him and, if he was fidgety, strap him onto her back and carry on with her work while that baby slept." in the context of "https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/406141-at-home-in-nigeria-all-a-mother-had-to-do" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Buchi Emecheta" (Quotes, Second Class Citizen (1974))
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About Buchi Emecheta
Florence Onyebuchi "Buchi" Emecheta OBE (July 21, 1944 – 25 January 25, 2017) was a Nigerian-born novelist.
About Buchi Emecheta
Florence Onyebuchi "Buchi" Emecheta OBE (July 21, 1944 – 25 January 25, 2017) was a Nigerian-born novelist.
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