The Convert
Book by Danai Gurira
4.1/5 · Goodreads
A young Shona girl escapes an arranged marriage by converting to Christianity, becoming a servant and student to an African Evangelical. As anti-European sentiments spread throughout the native population, she is forced to choose between her... Google Books
Originally published: 2012
Playwright: Danai Gurira
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A young Shona girl escapes an arranged marriage by converting to Christianity, becoming a servant and student to an African Evangelical.
With wit and compassion, The Convert explores the untold cultural and religious collisions caused by British colonists in this section of southern Africa (now ...
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Read 11 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. A young Shona girl escapes an arranged marriage by converting to Christianity, becoming a s…
Set in 1896 Rhodesia, a young girl whose father has passed away is to be traded, by her uncle, to an older man with ten wives in exchange for a number of goats.
Duration: 3:43
Posted: Oct 24, 2012
Posted: Oct 24, 2012
Dec 16, 2018 · Paapa Essiedu and Black Panther's Letitia Wright are captivating in Danai Gurira's story of religious and linguistic colonialism.
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It's 1896 in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Jekesai, a young Shona girl, escapes a forced arranged marriage by converting to Christianity and becoming ...
Black Panther star and Tony-nominated writer Danai Gurira's striking play explores if faith has a cost and if so, when is that cost too much? It's 1896 in what ...
Oct 1, 2023 · Set in Mashonaland (later renamed Zimbabwe) in 1896, it explores the push and pull of faith, heritage and the brutality of a Western regime ...
The Convert. By Danai Gurira Directed by Jasson Minadakis. Presented By. Marin Community Foundation, NNPN, The Bernard ...