Danai Gurira from A to Z: well, mostly Z. As in Zimbabwe. That's where the increasingly visible, Iowa-born Gurira was raised, and it's the subject of her new historical drama currently at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, "The Convert." The story takes place in 1895, exploring seven African characters grappling with the rise of colonialism and Christianity in what was painfully becoming Rhodesia. Read full article >…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:48AM on February 15, 2013