Head above Water

{{short description|1986 autobiography by Buchi Emecheta}}

{{about|an autobiography by Buchi Emecheta|other uses|Head Above Water (disambiguation){{!}}Head Above Water}}

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| author = Buchi Emecheta

| country = Nigeria

| language = English

| cover_artist = Victor Ehikhamenor

| genre = Non-fiction, Autobiography

| set_in = Nigeria, London

| publisher = Heinemann publisher

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| pub_date = 1986

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| media_type = Print (hardcover)

| pages = 229 pp (first edition)

| series = African Writers Series

| isbn = 9780950817736

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| oclc = 59798996

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Head above Water is a 1986 non-fiction book by Nigerian novelist Buchi Emecheta. It was published in 1986 in the African Writers Series by Heinemann{{Cite web|url=https://granta.com/head-above-water/|title=Head Above Water|magazine=Granta|date=1 March 1983}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/e/buchi-emecheta/head-above-water.htm|title=Head Above Water by Buchi Emecheta|website=Fantastic Fiction}}{{Cite journal|url=https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol3/iss1/11|title=Head above water|first=Buchi|last=Emecheta|date=5 May 2014|journal=Kunapipi|volume=3|issue=1}}{{Cite news|title=Suspense Strategies in Buchi Emecheta's Head Above Water|first=S. J.|last=Boakye|date=19 August 2013|s2cid=56239067}}{{Cite journal |last=Mfune-Mwanjakwa |first=Damazio |date=2006 |title=Ambivalence: Buchi Emecheta's rugged road towards female self-actualisation in Head Above Water |url=https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jh/article/view/153374/142966 |journal=J. Humanit. (Zomba)}} and has been described as "anecdotal autobiography."{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-435-90993-2|title=Fiction Book Review: Head Above Water by Buchi Emecheta, Author Heinemann Educational Books $9.95 (229p) ISBN 978-0-435-90993-2|website=PublishersWeekly.com|date=31 January 1994}}