IFEOMA FAFUNWA

Ifeoma Fafunwa is the founder and creative director of iOpenEye, which utilizes performance art to drive social change. She has over twenty years of professional experience in the U.K, U.S and Nigeria, designing and directing artistic projects in theatre arts and architecture. She uses theatre as a tool for depicting past and present life and the struggles and successes along the way.

She is also a graduate from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, adept in producing and directing. Her dexterity in these areas are evident in some of her recent work which includes Hear Word!  Naija Women Talk True, a collection of riveting monologues based on true-life stories of Nigerian women, aimed at challenging social, cultural and political norms that limit the potential and contribution of women.