Buchi Emecheta's "In the Ditch" is an autobiographical novel and it describes the social deprivations by the protagonist, Adah, who is a native from a post-colonized country, Nigeria. In fact, Adah is the author herself and everything in the book really happened. As an Ibo from Nigeria she comes across lots of bad experiences. It is easily seen that in this novel and in her easty novels she is seeking to answer these questions: How generally does a man behave in a foreign land aming unfamiliar people? To what extent can he, in a different social and political system, successfully observe the rules of traditional society? How do the changes in this new situation affect his sensibility and cultural awareness? Is indigenous culture resilient enough to withstand foreign influence? These questions somehow lead us to seek an answer for another question about the issue of post-colonialism, post-colonial diaspora...