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    Two Mothers and a Son: A Play
    Two Mothers and a Son: A Play
    Two Mothers and a Son: A Play
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    Two Mothers and a Son: A Play

    By Hope Eghagha

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    Two Mothers and Son explores the seeming needless, perpetual conflict between wife and mother-in-law in a typical African marriage; it is set in twenty-first century Nigeria which itself is a victim of conflicting and confusing interruptions of life. The son who is at the centre of it all, is caught between two loves, both possessive and obsessive, equally important but suffocating in a most debilitating manner. Added to this is the issue of religion which attempts to resolve the crisis but inadvertently contributes to the sad resolution of the conflict.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMalthouse Press
    Release dateMay 9, 2019
    ISBN9789785739879
    Two Mothers and a Son: A Play
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    Hope Eghagha

    Hope Eghagha is a professor in English at the University of Lagos where he teaches Literature. He is also a playwright, a columnist with and Visiting Member of the Editorial Board of The Guardian, Lagos. He is the author of Death, Not a Redeemer (a play) (1998), Rhythms of the last testament (2002), and this story must not be told (2003) both poetry collections. Emperors of Salvation is his first published novel.

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