Osonye Tess Onwueme, Date of Birth

    

Osonye Tess Onwueme

Nigerian writer

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1955

Profession: writer, playwright, university teacher

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Osonye Tess Onwueme

  • Osonye Tess Onwueme, also known as T.
  • Akaeke Onwueme (born 8 September 1955) is a Nigerian playwright, scholar and poet, who rose to prominence writing plays with themes of social justice, culture, and the environment.
  • In 2010, she became the University Professor of Global Letters, following her exceptional service as Distinguished Professor of Cultural Diversity and English at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire.
  • Through her plays, she is able to use the theatre as a medium to showcase historically silenced views such as African women, and shedding more light on African life.
  • She sustains her advocacy for the global poor and youth, along with the experiences and concerns of the (African) Diaspora in her creative work.
  • In 2007, the US State Department appointed her to the Public Diplomacy Speaker Program for North, East, and West India.
  • The 2009 Tess International Conference: Staging Women, Youth, Globalization, and Eco-Literature, which was exclusively devoted to the author's work, was successfully held by international scholars in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, following the Fonlon-Nichols award to the dramatist.
  • She is regarded as one of the band of more important African authors.
  • She also is an active speaker regarding domestic violence.

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