Danai Gurira is a U.S.-born actor and playwright raised in Zimbabwe. Her highly acclaimed Broadway play, Eclipsed, tells the story of the lives of five women near the end of the Second Liberian Civil War. Gurira is well-known for her role on the popular television series The Walking Dead.

Read Leymah Gbowee: Lessons From a Peacemaking (S)hero 
by Danai Gurira in When We Are Bold: Women Who Turn Our Upsidedown World Right 

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Leymah Gbowee won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for her work leading a women’s peace movement that brought an end to the Second Liberian Civil War. She travels the world speaking to audiences about gender-based violence and women-led peace building in conflict countries. She is the founder and president of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, a co-founder of the Women Peace and Security Network Africa, and is on the board of directors of Nobel Women’s Initiative.

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