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Zulu Sofola was born on 22 June, 1935 in Niger, is a Nigerian playwright and dramatist (1935–1995). Discover Zulu Sofola's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

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Born 22 June, 1935
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Date of death 5 September, 1995
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1935

Nwazuluwa Onuekwuke "Zulu" Sofola (22 June 1935 – 5 September 1995) was the first published female Nigerian playwright and dramatist.

Sofola was also a university teacher and became the first female Professor of Theater Arts in Africa.

Nwazuluwa Onuekwuke Sofola was born in the former Bendel State to Nwaugbade Okwumabua and Chief Ogana Okwumabua who were Igbo from Issele-Uku, Aniocha North Local Government Area, presently in Delta State.

She attended Federal Government Primary School in Asaba and the Baptist Girls High School in Agbor all in Delta State.

Due to her outstanding performance in school, she was awarded a scholarship to complete her high school education in Nashville, Tennessee.

1959

Spending her adolescence and early womanhood in the US, she studied at Southern Baptist Seminary, earned a BA in English at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia in 1959.

1965

She obtained her MA in Drama (Play writing and Production) from The Catholic University of America in Washington DC in the year 1965.

1966

She returned to Nigeria in 1966, and became a lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, where she obtained a PhD in Theatre Arts (Tragic Theory) in 1977.

Her plays "range from historical tragedy to domestic comedy and use both traditional and modern African setting".

She uses "elements of magic, myth and ritual to examine conflicts between traditionalism and modernism in which male supremacy persists."

She was considered one of the most distinguished women in Nigerian literature.

She remains a source of inspiration to young African writers.

1972

Sofola's most frequently performed plays are Wedlock of the Gods (1972) and The Sweet Trap (1977), She died in 1995 at the age of 60.

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