The Women In The Mirror

Name: The Women In The Mirror
SKU: 74472
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Nnenne Nwigwe, separated from her husband and estranged from her family, honours the invitation of her grandmother – Agatha Udogu, for reconciliation between all of them. Agatha Udogu accepts an invitation to Lagos for the traditional wedding party of another granddaughter, hoping to use the opportunity to end a cold war between Nnenne and her mother – Celina Nwigwe.

With the clock ticking, Celina Nwigwe is invited to the reconciliatory meeting, but she saunters in with her goal -to convince Nnenne to let bygones be bygones and present the image of a united family by attending the wedding alongside her unapologetic husband. In a bid to end the cold war, the three women embark on a riveting journey of their life decisions.

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About the Author

Achalugo Chioma Ilozumba is a Legal Practitioner, as well as a consummate artist, whose expressions span the spectrum of writing, broadcasting and producing. She has explored her storytelling via several mediums of expression – photography, film/TV, and stage.
Her works favour exploration of precolonial African history, heritage and spirituality, and she infuses elements of these in her works, exploring old and evolving African beliefs and traditions. Her works have been shortlisted and awarded prizes, her debut novel, ‘Mmirinzo; the ones who are rain’, was first runner-up for the 2021 Spring Prize for Women Authors.
Her stage play, ‘Daughters of the East’, made her the first female winner of the Beeta Prize for Playwriting after it won in 2020. She has also won prizes, in drama from the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), and the Quramo Prize for fiction. She was one of the six playwrights chosen to participate in the 2021 Playwrights Lab organized by the National Theatre of Wales, in conjunction with the Lagos Theatre Festival and the British Council.