Gendering Taboos: 10 Short Plays by African Women

Dr. Yvette Hutchison is Professor in Theatre & Performance Studies, part of SCAPVC at the University of Warwick. She heads the steering committee of AWPN. Dr 'Tosin Tume is a Senior Lecturer of the Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria. She is on the steering committee of AWPN and was Festival Director for these plays in Ghana 2022.Dr. Ekua Ekumah is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ghana, and Artistic Director of Abibigromma Resident Theatre Company, University of Ghana, Legon. She was on the local organising committee for this festival.

• Introduction - by ‘Tosin Kooshima Tume, Ekua Ekumah and Yvette HutchisonPlays – with playwright biographiesYanci by Rukayat Nihinlola Banjo (Nigeria)The Arrangement by Gisemba Ursula (Kenya)A woman has Two Mouthsby Chioniso Tsikisayi (Zimbabwe) Who is in my Garden ?by Irene Isoken Agunloye (Nigeria)The Taste of Justice by Martina Omorodion (Nigeria)Desperanza by Kaulana Williams (South Africa)Oh! by Miliswa Mbandazayo (South Africa)In Her Silence by Faustina Brew (Ghana)Horny&…by Philisiwe Twijnstra (South Africa)Gnash by Katlego K Kolanyane-Kesupile (Botswana)Interview with Dr Sarah Dorgbadzi by Ekua Ekumah, AWPN-Ghana festival 2022, University of Ghana, 1-4 September. Suggested Further Reading