Tess Onwueme

Osonye Tess Onwueme was born on 8 September 1955 in Ogwashi-Uku, in the Delta. Married after secondary school to an agronomist, with whom she had five children, she combined family life and studies: a degree in education in 1979, a master's in literature in 1982, then a doctorate on African theatre. Her plays give a voice to those whom the stage silences, African women first of all. Having moved to the United States, she has taught there ever since, and in 2010 received a chair in global letters.

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• TheatreA Hen Too SoonTess Onwueme · 1983Literature