Writing Woman Anthology

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The stars are in alignment. Her dramatists and scholars have spoken on the tapestry of these pages as a testament to the powers that be and the knowledge of the ancients. The language and the expertise involved will speak to your heart in praise of Africa. These word artists, these scholars and dramatists bring their life experience to the book, a noble kind of variety, an energy, their particular aura, the juxtaposition of the effervescent flux of ideas, ideals, innovation and ideology. The narrative in the essays and plays is based on reality and non-reality, the substance of dream killers in some very captivating and enticing lines, it is Africa’s time to shine. This volume is anchored to a dream, and tethered to a goal. Since ancient times there have been generational curses in the bloodline and strongholds that are determined not to let us go. Terrain that in a nutshell has been deposited in our genetic code, but now it is time for the divine awakening of our ancestors and for divine wisdom and new insights to prevail. We owe our ancestors that much. There is truth that speaks to power on these pages.

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• Publié par: Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd
• Date de parution: 18 septembre 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781779314802
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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effervescent Lux of ideas, ideals, innovation and ideology. The narrative

She has two îlm projects in development and is the recipient of two grants from the (a poetry book) is forthcoming in 2023 from Mmap

is an award-winning author, translator from Odisha, in the eastern part of India. Her poems and stories have been translated into other languages. She has 22

SUE ZHU is a New Zealand Chinese poet, an artist, a continental coordinator of WPM (world poetry movement), and extraordinary ambassador of the Naji Naaman literature prize foundation. She has published 3 children’s education books, 2 poetry collections

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WRITING WOMAN ANTHOLOGY Drama and Scholarly Essays

An Anthology of African Asian Writers and Artists

VOLUME 3

Curated and edited by

Tendai Rinos Mwanaka, Sue Zhu, Abigail George, and Mona Lisa Jena

WRITING WOMAN ANTHOLOGY: Drama and Scholarly Essays An Anthology of African and Asian Writers and Artists VOL 3 Curated and edited by Tendai Rinos Mwanaka  Sue Zhu  Abigail George  Mona Lisa Jena Cover art by Tendai Rinos Mwanaka

Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd, Chitungwiza Zimbabwe * Creativity, Wisdom and Beauty

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Publisher:Mmap Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd 24 Svosve Road, Zengeza 1 Chitungwiza Zimbabwe [e-mail] [e-mail] https://www.mmapublishing.org www.africanbookscollective.com/publishers/mwanaka-media- and-publishing https://facebook.com/MwanakaMediaAndPublishing/ Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective [e-mail] www.africanbookscollective.com ISBN: 978-1-77931-464-2 EAN: 9781779314642 ©Tendai Rinos Mwanaka 2023 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical or electronic, including photocopying and recording, or be stored in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher DISCLAIMER All views expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views ofMmap. .

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About Editors Tendai Rinos Mwanakais a Zimbabwean publisher; a multidisciplinary artist, editor, mentor and thinker with 26 individual books and at least 27 curated and edited anthologies published in Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Northern Ireland, UK, and USA, 2 music albums, hundreds of paintings, drawings, literary pieces and other artworks curated, exhibited and published in over 400 journals in at least 35 countries. Abigail Georgeis a blogger, essayist, short story writer, screenwriter, novelist, and poet. She has two film projects in development, is the recipient of two grants from the National Arts Council. Her publishers are Mwanaka Media and Publishing or Mmap, Gazebo Books, and Ovi. She was nominated and longlisted for several prizes. "Young Galaxies" (a poetry book) is forthcoming in 2023 from Mmap. Mona Lisa Jenais an award-winning author, translator from Odisha, in the Eastern part of India. Her poems and stories have been translated into other languages. She has 22 books to her name. She writes both in her mother tongue Odia and in English. She has read her poems at prestigious literary platforms in India and abroad. A committed poet and a writer. Sue Zhu, is a New Zealand Chinese poet, artist, Continental coordinator of WPM (world poetry movement), extraordinary ambassador of the Naji Naaman literature prize foundation, vice president of NZ Poetry/Art Association, honorary director of the US-China Culture/Art Centre, published 3 children’s education books, 2 poetry collections and 1 translation book. Poems of her are translated into over 20 languages, her paintings can be found on the book cover of prestigious anthologies and are collected by people.

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Table of Contents About Editors…………………………………………………..iii Contributor’s Bio Notes…………………………………………v Introduction…………………………………………………...vii ALONE:BUNMI ADEDINA (Nigeria)………………………..1 APOGEE (A suffragette fiasco):Emenike Azunwo Eziwho (Nigeria)………………………………………………………..57 Broken Snail:Chika Onyashiyiwa Ose-Agbo (Nigeria)……….106 The Mirage, or The Vast Misenlightenment of Andy Ntia: Itunuoluwa Williams (Nigeria)………………………………...135 Domestic Violence in Contemporary Nigerian Drama: A Discourse of Julie Okoh’s In Our Own Voices:Eziwho Emenike AZUNWO………………………………………….183 Cultural Influence on Gender Inequality In Osedebamen Oamen’s The Women Of Orena Are Wiser Than The Gods: AMIRIHEOBU Frank Ifeanyichukwu, NWARU Chris and CHIMEZIEM Gloria Ernest-Samuel (Nigeria)………………..223 Women and Change Expedition in Julie Okoh’s Edewede: Eziwho Emenike AZUNWO (Nigeria)………………………..252 Mmap Multidisciplinary Series…………………………….266

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Contributor’s Bio Notes Bunmi Adedinaa Senior Lecturer and drama teacher in the is Department of Theatre and Performing Arts, Lagos state University of Education, Oto/Ijanikin, (formerly Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Lagos State). Her teaching experience spans over two decades of promoting drama in Education especially at Primary and Secondary schools for learners. She is a seasoned graduate of Theatre Arts from the prestigious University of Ibadan, Nigeria, where she obtained a Diploma, B.A (Hons), M.A and PhD. She is a versatile actor, stage director, writer, talented artist with many scholarly works to her credit. Dr Eziwho Emenike Azunwoaka Academic Rabbi is a Senior Lecturer at the Rivers State University, P.M.B. 5080, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He hails from Rundele in Emohua LGA of Rivers State. He was a lecturer at University of Port Harcourt. He is an emerging voice in contemporary Nigerian playwriting with cogent concepts. He has some published plays and many articles; some of his plays include:Gbuji, Suffering in Paradise, The Last Resort, etc.of his One articles was classified as one of the 700 articles of the year 2018 by https://noussommesfans.com/2019/01/06/articles-memoires-et-theses-de- lannee-2018-la-liste/Fanstudies et culture populaire in Paris, France. Chika Onyashiyiwa Ose-Agbo, Ph.D, teaches at the Department of English and Literary Studies, Federal University of Lafia, Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Her research interests include: African literature, proverb studies, gender studies, popular culture

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and poetry. Her recent publications include: “Alago Proverbs as Vehicles for Values and Virtues”, Ahyu: A Journal of Language and Literature (2022), “Nigerian Proverbs as Signposts of Authourity and Education: A Comparative Analysis of Selected Igbo and Alago Proverbs”, Jos Journal of Written and Oral Literature (2021) and “Alago Proverbs as Aesthetics and Tools for Rhetorics”,Kalangu: Journal of Language and Literary Studies (2021). Itunuoluwa Williamsis a 1st-year Master's student in History at the University of Mississippi, USA. Born and bred in Lagos, Nigeria, Itunuoluwa relocated for higher education studies and receivedher bachelor’s degree in political science. Her specialization is African history and Gender Studies, and her research interests include pre-colonial African cultural history, Body Theory & Fat Studies, girlhood studies, and women representation and girl development in Nigeria.

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Introduction Could this be the golden age of the African Renaissance? Again Nigeria, the land of milk and honey when it comes to educationalists, universities, intellectualism and quantitative thinkers takes the lead. The palimpsest and tapestry of dramatists and scholars in this volume is energetic, filled with purity of thought, the vessel of intention and opportune vision. The Nigerians are a powerhouse, pioneers invested in storytelling and research within the symbiosis of a genuine reality. The signs and symbols are there on the page of self-transformational agency, access, interchangeable objectivity that quantifies and solidifies the standing of scribes, seers, prophets, and so we contemplated about this novel generation of seekers coming out of Nigeria, coming from the deepest, darkest continent of Africa in chapters and parts, characters oozing influence and meaning, a metaphysical inquiry into the lasting effects of the vestiges of the “historical landmarks” that has touched the blueprint of social justice and inequality, enlightenment and consciousness of dramatists and scholars appearing in the no holds barred landscape of Nigeria. This body of work, this creation boldly searches for the intersection between political scenario and bureaucracy, familial bonds, structures and hierarchies. Each of these cultural practitioners and social anthropologists dive deep into the recesses of the mind. Over the years, since ancient times there has been ancestral knowledge systems that have defined who we are as scholars and dramatists at the heart of who we are. We were defined by the courage of our warriors on the battlefield, the peaks and troughs in

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the energetic field. These knowledge systems have helped us transition from an Occidental mode of thinking, to maintain our ministerial norms, values and principles as seekers, scribes, and age old prophets in this novel era. This mindset alongside the African methodology, existentialism and phenomenology has stood the test of time. As far as we are concerned our belief systems and psychological framework has not changed on the African continent when it comes to fable and folklore steeped in history, the tradition and heritage of oral storytelling and mythology. Both dramatist and scholar take sands of time, the mysterious hands of the clock, illustrious knowledge, and the nuclear family into their stride. With each thread complementing memory and gut symmetry, the phantasmagorical forecast of primordial soup in melting pot, the juxtapositioning of ideologies following the natural efficiency and exponential consistency of what is trending, the hallucinogenic and psychedelic symbolism, signs and symbolism this continent has to offer. Personal ethics, infinite intelligence and self-improvement also have a hand in turning these texts and flow of ideas from African soil into a narrative on the Promised Land. Discontent, "kingdom", the science of the family in Africa, there is the interplay of social issues, principled justice, societal norms, what we consider commodity and atomic value since ancient times, the search for meaning, spirit in these pages. We grasp Bunmi Adedina’s play "Alone" through fables, folklore and parables. It is a representation as are the other works of Nigeria "in continual flux". The writing is fluid and complex, the scale is visionary and dense, sparse morsel and yet food for thought that nurtures and provides sustenance, attention is paid in microscopic detail to place, location, location, location, space

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whether it is creative or justified. The spotlight falls on the question of gender based violence, gender inequality, cultural favour and influence. You strike a woman, you strike a rock. Eziwho Emenike Azunwo, the curiously inventive title “Broken Snail”by Chika Onyashiyiwa Ose-Agbo, "The Mirage, or The Vast Misenlightenment of Andy Ntia" by Itunuoluwa Williams, "Domestic Violence in Contemporary Nigerian Drama: A Discourse of Julie Okoh’s In Our Own Voices" by Eziwho Emenike Azunwo starts us off in this volume. Writing for writers. The writers in this volume are trailblazers, setting an impactful and sequential course in action and with their expertise they are not only advocates or rather setting up literal “force-shields” and predetermined advocacy bodies, they are history in the making on the face of this continent marking time in the global arena. This is the golden age for dramatists coming out of Africa. Essayists, researchers and scholars have been establishing their opinions since ancient times, interpreting contemporary society. We adapt. Africa has always adapted. Europe is the museum of the world filled with empty palaces, and if America is the Prozac Nation of the world, filled with poverty, scarcity, self-help and personal development gurus, despair, discontent at all levels in society, dis-ease, economic recession, the powerful celebrity of Trump and the spotlight firmly centered on a reality television driven era, a population that finds life meaningless and without purpose if they are not driven by materialism, material worth, then they are driven by a poor mindset and a non-substantive paradigm of their psychic and intuitive beliefs and systems. Whereas Africa has the upper hand when it comes to the modus operandi of the signs and symbolism of spirit and spirituality and ancestral

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