Osonye Tess Onwueme is the author of several award-winning plays and has established an outstanding international reputation as one of Africas finest women writers. She is currently Distinguished Professor of Cultural Diversity, and Professor of English, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Her creative works include: Then She Said It (2002), Shakara: Dance-Hall Queen (2000), Tell it to Women (1997), The Missing Face (1997), Riot in Heaven (1996), Three Plays (1993), Legacies (1989), The Reign of Wazobia (1988), Mirror for Campus (1987), Ban Empty Barn and Other Plays (1986), The Desert Encroaches (1985), The Broken Calabash (1994), A Hen Too Soon (1983), and a novel, Why The… Elephant Has No Butt (2000). She was born in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, Nigeria and is married with five children; Kenolisa Onwueme, Ebele Onwueme, Kunume Onwueme, Bundo Onwueme, and Malije Onwueme.