Playwright Ifeoma Fafunwa: 'It was permission, all of a sudden, to speak'
The Nigerian architect turned dramatist on the impact of her play Hear Word!, her Edinburgh festival debut " and why directing is a lot like designing buildings Ifeoma Fafunwa is a playwright and director. She was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, and at 17 moved to the US where she lived for about 20 years, training and working as an architect. Following her return to Nigeria, Fafunwa began collecting women's stori…