Gloria Majule is a Tanzanian storyteller who writes for and about Africans and the African diaspora. Her work includes MY FATHER WAS SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD (Relentless Award Finalist), CULTURE SHOCK (Leah Ryan Prize Winner), MALA ARIA (Premiere Stages Winner) and UHURU (Alley All New Festival). Gloria has been awarded a MacDowell Fellowship; commissions by Audible, Atlantic Theater Company, Milwaukee Repertory Theater and Princeton University/The Civilians; and residencies at Yaddo, Art Omi, The New Harmony Project, and New York Stage and Film. Gloria was the first African woman to receive an MFA in Playwriting from Yale School of Drama.