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Ntozake Shange (/ ˌ ɛ n t oʊ ˈ z ɑː k i ˈ ʃ ɑː ŋ ɡ eɪ / EN-toh-ZAH-kee SHAHNG-Ê; October 18, 1948 – October 27, 2018) was an American playwright and poet. As a Black feminist, she addressed issues relating to race and Black power in much of her work.
Shange would go on to a successful triple career as an educator, performer/director, and writer whose work drew heavily on her experiences of being a Black female in America. Shange was perhaps most famous for her play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1975).
Ntozake Shange (born October 18, 1948, Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.—died October 27, 2018, Bowie, Maryland) was an American author of plays, poetry, and fiction noted for their feminist themes and racial and sexual anger.
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Oct 28, 2018 · Ntozake Shange, a spoken-word artist who morphed into a playwright with her canonical play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,” died on Saturday...
Ntozake Shange, a trailblazing African American playwright, poet, and novelist, holds immense historical and cultural significance in the realms of literature, feminism, and social activism. Through her groundbreaking work, she challenged conventional artistic norms and amplified the voices of Black women in America.
Poet, performance artist, playwright, and novelist Ntozake Shange is popularly known as the author of the renowned play, or "choreopoem," for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf.
Oct 28, 2018 · Ntozake Shange, the African-American writer who earned an Obie Award and Tony Award nomination for her 1976 choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf,...
Nov 23, 2020 · Ntozake Shange (1948–2018) was a renowned poet, novelist, playwright, and performer, best known for her Broadway-produced and Obie Award–winning choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf.
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