JC Niala spoke about AWPN at the launch of a Caucus on Performance within the African Literature Association conference 2019 in Columbus, Ohio. ALA exec, Profs Folabo Ajayi-Soyinka (Prof Emerita, University of Kansas) and Ketu Katrak (UCL Irvine) - straight conference paper examining why the focus on Women playwrights in the 21st century, and their contributions to African literature with emphasis on the theatre.