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Djanet Sears
Djanet Sears (born 1959) is a Canadian playwright, actor and director. Born in England, to a Guyanese father and a Jamaican mother, Sears lived there until 1974 where she then moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in Canada. Her birth name was Janet — she added the D after a trip to West Africa where she came across a plateau called "Djanet," inspiring her to change her name as a nod to her African Ancestry.
== Education and work ==
In 1977 Djanet moved to Toronto, Canada to attend York University where she pursued an Honors Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater. From there she studied at the Canadian Film Centre and New York University. Sears is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto as well as University College, University of Toronto, where she teaches playwriting and works on the preservation of Black theatre history. She is considered to be the leader behind the AfriCanadian Playwrights Festival, which is a culmination of African centered plays on the Canadian stage, it was held in Toronto in 2003 as well as 2006. Sears also belongs to and is a founding member of the Obsidian Theater. Djanet has received international recognition for three of her plays full length plays, ''Afrika Solo'', ''Harlem Duet'', and ''The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God.''
In 1998, Djanet received Canada's highest literary award, The Governor General's Literary Award.
Harlem Duet has received multiple Dora Maver Moore Awards.
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