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Performing Arts
10:01 pm
Thu February 9, 2012

Colonial History, Through The Eyes Of The Colonized

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Pascale Armand plays Jekesai, later christened as Ester, who's taken in by a black Catholic missionary when she flees an arranged marriage in 1890s Rhodesia.
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Director Emily Mann says Gurira's three-dimensional characters illustrate the tension for those caught between Western civilization and traditional African culture.
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Playwright and actress Danai Gurira has won several awards for her plays Eclipsed and In the Continuum, and has appeared in several stage and film productions, including 2007's The Visitor.
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Actor and writer Danai Gurira sometimes refers to herself as a "Zimerican": She was born in Iowa, but spent most of her childhood in Harare, Zimbabwe — where her new play, The Convert, is set.

"I grew up there from age 5 to 19," Gurira says. "I'm back there every year, but I feel like there are things that I had to dig out through this process of creating this play."

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The Record
10:00 pm
Thu February 9, 2012

What The Grammys Say About Pop Music Now

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Skrillex at the Sasquatch Music Festival in May.
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Around the Nation
5:04 am
Thu February 9, 2012

Wisconsin Couple Marks 80 Years Of Marriage

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Roy Fleming, 100, was 20 when he exchanged vows with his bride Dorothy, who was 15. The secret to their long marriage? Dorothy jokes that she's the boss.

Games & Humor
5:00 am
Thu February 9, 2012

British Awards Honor Year's Best Jokes

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NPR Story
2:00 am
Thu February 9, 2012

U.S. Strategy For Afghan War Reaches Critical Stage

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Originally published on Thu February 9, 2012 3:28 am

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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

We're going to look now at American military strategy for the war in Afghanistan. There's been some confusion lately about whether American forces would end their combat mission sooner than planned and also about how long the U.S. will remain in Afghanistan. So to try to make sense of it all, we're joined by NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman.

Good morning.

TOM BOWMAN, BYLINE: Good morning, Renee.

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