The African Women Playwrights Network are an international network of African women creative practitioners (theatre makers including directors, actors, dancers, visual artists, dramaturgs and producers) from across the African continent and in the global diaspora. We work both as a virtual community and through live events to promote both professional, emergent and community-based playwriting and performance/ theatre-making by women on the continent and across the globe. Our major aim is to increase visibility of these amazing women and their work.