Djanet sears biography

Canadian playwright

Djanet Sears is a Canadian playwright, nationally recognized for her work in African-Canadian theatre. Sears has many credits in writing and editing highly acclaimed dramas such as Afrika Solo, the first stage play to be written by a Canadian woman of African descent; its sequel Harlem Duet; and The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God.^[1] The complexities of intersecting identities of race and gender are central themes in her works,^[2] as well as inclusion of songs, rhythm, and choruses shaped from West African traditions.^[1] She is also passionate about "the preservation of Black theatre history,"^[2] and involved in the creation of organizations like the Obsidian Theatre and AfriCanadian Playwrights Festival.^[3]

Early life and education

Djanet Sears was born in 1959 in England, to a Guyanese father and a Jamaican mother.^[3] She lived there until 1974 when her f