Shakara Dance-Hall Queen is a gripping drama about the struggle for identity, power and control, engulfing mothers and daughters in a modern city which is sharply split between the rich and the poor. How do these mothers and daughters cope in a world where their very survival is constantly challenged by unyielding social and economic forces? Osonye Tess Onwueme is an award winning Nigerian author of many plays and the novel, Why The Elephant Has No Butt. She is one of Africa's foremost women writers, engaging with the social problems of the continent, and championing the cause of women.