Through the lives of three women, the author of ‘Woman In The Mirror’, Achalugo Chioma Ilozumba, explores generational self-sabotage, a confrontation of religious indoctrination all against the backdrop of shame, divorce, societal expectations and self-renaissance.[ad] Speaking at the play’s reading held at Goethe Institut, Lagos, recently, she argued religion, culture and society were pivotal to the existence of individuals, adding one is hardly surprised to find them as recurring common denominators wherever women have certain experiences.
Through the lives of three women, the author of ‘Woman In The Mirror’, Achalugo Chioma Ilozumba, explores generational self-sabotage, a confrontation of religious indoctrination all against the backdrop of shame, divorce, societal expectations and self-renaissanceThrough the lives of three women, the author of ‘Woman In The Mirror’, Achalugo Chioma Ilozumba, explores generational self-sabotage, a confrontation of religious indoctrination all against the backdrop of shame, divorce, societal...
To her, she found it better rewarding to think of them as spaces with humans, adding this helps throw the questions “back to us, in our religious, cultural and sociological settings, what roles can we play? Can we refuse to partake in institutional abuse of women?” “I think that for the first time, I have written something whose answer to this question presents in multiples across the pages and voices of the characters. In some places, I am questioning, in some I am teaching, in some I bury personal grief, in some I nuance our collective socio-reality, whilst giving wings to hope for the reality we want to see, in some I celebrate resilience.
Narrated by Thecla Uzozie, the cast include, Ngozi Theodora Nwobu , Etta Jomaria , Susan Ibanga , the Reading was directed by Jude Idada. Her works favour an exploration of precolonial African history, heritage and spirituality, and she infuses elements of these in her works, exploring old and evolving African belief and traditions.
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