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Lance Coadie Williams and Zainab Jah in Wilma Theater's THE CONVERT. Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.
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THE CONVERT (Wilma/Woolly Mammoth): Shining a light on colonialism

Christopher Munden October 18, 2013 No Comments

Colonialism is Pygmalian writ large: one culture trying to civilize another. In Danai Gurira’s melodramatic THE CONVERT, a priggish preacher (Irungu Mutu) in 1895 Rhodesia (present-day…

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