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Growing up in Zimbabwe impacts 'Walking Dead' actor
26 Jan 2014 at 22:22hrs | Views
Growing up in Zimbabwe and visiting South Africa as a young woman helped forge Danai Gurira's passion for producing theater in Africa.
The AP reports that, as a young girl, Danai saw how females could be placed at the margins of society.
As a college student, she saw the power of artistic expression in South Africa, where creative people used theater and other art forms to fight apartheid.
The playwright and actress says those experiences "seeped into my soul."
Now, when she's not filming on the Georgia set of "The Walking Dead," Gurira devotes much of her time to Almasi Collaborative Arts, the nonprofit she co-founded that seeks to foster collaboration between Zimbabwean artists and American theater professionals.
Gurira plays swordswoman "Michonne" on "The Walking Dead. The show's fourth season resumes airing Feb. 9.
The AP reports that, as a young girl, Danai saw how females could be placed at the margins of society.
As a college student, she saw the power of artistic expression in South Africa, where creative people used theater and other art forms to fight apartheid.
The playwright and actress says those experiences "seeped into my soul."
Now, when she's not filming on the Georgia set of "The Walking Dead," Gurira devotes much of her time to Almasi Collaborative Arts, the nonprofit she co-founded that seeks to foster collaboration between Zimbabwean artists and American theater professionals.
Gurira plays swordswoman "Michonne" on "The Walking Dead. The show's fourth season resumes airing Feb. 9.
Source - Associated Press
