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Latest news We have new books: Shakara Dance Hall Queen, new edition, 2006.
Riot in Heaven 2nd edition,2006. Forth coming book
is: Jamike: The Story of A Village Boy by Dr Igwe.
African Heritage Press is pleased to announce the publication of The Trial and Other Stories written by Ifeoma Okoye. Mrs Okoye has published numerous books and won several awards including the 1999 Commonwealth Short Story Prize (African Region).
The Staff and Management of African Heritage Press, wishes to express our sincere condolence to the family and friends of The Most Rev. Dr Benjamin Nwankiti, JP., OFR., D.LITT, The First Archbishop of Province 2 , Church of Nigeria, Anglican communion who recently joined the heavenly triumphant. Late Archbishop Nwankiti was a great religious leader, often described as an activist bishop whose podium includes the Courts of human Rights. As an ecumenical Bishop ,he preached and practised religious tolerance. He was a man who wove the theological canons of his faith with the cultural and social realities of the universe. The Anglican Communion, expecially Church of Nigeria and the entire christiandom, will miss his presence. Read more on the life of this wonderful man in his biography, A Good Shepherd, written by Professor Ernest Emenyonu and published by African Heritage Press. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE.
BBC to Broadcast Play by Tess Onwueme "Shakara: Dance Hall Queen" (2001), an award-winning play by Nigerian playwright Tess Onwueme, a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, will be broadcast on BBC World Service Drama (http://www.bbc.co.uk/?ok) as part of the Play of the Week strand Sept. 4-5. The one-hour radio play will be aired on BBC at 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, and again at 2 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 5 and can be accessed on the Internet at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ Shakara, which won the Association of Nigerian Authors coveted drama prize in 2001, is one of 13 published plays by Onwueme. The play is about mothers and daughters and their struggle for identity, power and control. It takes place in a modern city which is sharply split between the rich and the poor. "It's about the quest for money and the rat-race for success and material goods, which drives people to engage in all kinds of dysfunctional behavior that are inimical to their striving for positive identity and progress," Onwueme said. Full story. Onwueme joined the UW-Eau Claire faculty in 1994 as the institution's first Distinguished Professor of Cultural Diversity. Earlier she taught at Montclair State University in New Jersey and at Vassar College. She holds a doctorate in drama from the University of Benin, Nigeria, and a master's degree in literature from the University of Ife, Nigeria. Considered one of Africa's leading writers, she has received international recognition for many of her plays. She has won the ANA drama prize four times since 1985, most recently this month for "Then She Said It" (2002). She is currently working on her second novel, "What I Cannot Tell My Father." She teaches various courses in African and world literature and drama, with special emphasis on the studies of women in contemporary Black literature and drama." For more information, contact Onwueme at onwuemto@uwec.edu. |
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