Tell It to Women: An Epic Drama for Women - Paperback

by Osonye Tess Onwueme (Author), Ngugi Wa Thiong'o (Foreword by)

Using the magic of movement, dance, and drama, and the devices of humor and metaphor, Osonye Tess Onwueme has created a post-feminist epic drama that transcends current feminist theories. An ideologically and politically powerful work, Tell It to Women offers a critical discourse on the western feminist movement from an African traditional perspective, focusing attention on the often silenced issues of intra-gender politics and class inequities.

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Using the magic of movement, dance, and drama, and the devices of humor and metaphor, Osonye Tess Onwueme has created a post-feminist epic drama that transcends current feminist theories. An ideologically and politically powerful work, Tell It to Women offers a critical discourse on the western feminist movement from an African traditional perspective, focusing attention on the often silenced issues of intra-gender politics and class inequities.

Author Biography

Osonye Tess Onwueme is Distinguished Professor of cultural diversity and professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. The author of twelve plays, including Three Plays, Onwueme received her Ph.D. from the University of Benin.