I often feel like a nutty professor, like I’m going to try this experiment and see if it works. My hypothesis is, people in the West can absorb African women stories without any shaken or stirred mixer. It can come directly from the source. Danai Gurira Read Quote
I was in a very multi-racial, multi-cultural schooling system. I had a really delightful childhood. I was a jock. I became a very competitive swimmer in Zimbabwe. I was a swimmer, a tennis player, a hockey player. Then, when I was 13, I joined a Children’s Performing Arts workshop in Zimbabwe. Danai Gurira Read Quote
We moved to Zimbabwe when I was five, some years after Zimbabwe had gained independence. Danai Gurira Read Quote
Why can’t black women on stage tell stories that can affect white men in the audience? Danai Gurira Read Quote
It’s something I’ve constantly found shocking – all this astounding talent amongst black women that never gets to be seen or heard. Danai Gurira Read Quote
We are used to women’s narratives being defined through the male perspective. I challenge that as a concept. Danai Gurira Read Quote
If my work is on the stage, you can be rested assured I’m going to make use of it as a platform for activism as much as possible. Danai Gurira Read Quote
