Sojourners
Categories: Drama
Sojourners is a play by Mfoniso Udofia, the first in her Ufot Cycle about a Nigerian family in the United States, set in Houston in 1978. Abasiama Ekpeyoung, a pregnant biology student, has come to America with her husband, Ukpong, planning to earn degrees and return to help rebuild Nigeria after the civil war. As Ukpong is drawn into American life and neglects her, she works night shifts at a gas station, where she befriends Moxie, a young sex worker.