Finding Kitty

Chigozie Anuli Mbadugha is a multiple award-winning author with a natural flair for the arts. She wrote her first unpublished novel at the age of six and has been writing poems, scripts, short stories, and songs since then, which were mainly for leisure. One of her poems, “The New Yam Festival,” won second prize in a nationwide poetry competition in 1983. She was the recipient of the silver prize at the Kanagawa World Biennial Children’s art competition in Japan in 1987. Her drama entry for the African Human Rights Play-writing Contest 2021 was shortlisted and her book “Rude Awakening” was selected and listed in the African Chapter of the United Nations SDG Book Club for exploring the theme of Gender Equality (SDG 5). By profession, Chigozie is an ophthalmic surgeon and an avid researcher. She draws inspiration from God and from the love of her family.