About Ntozake Shange

Ntozake Shange was an American playwright and poet. As a Black feminist, she addressed issues relating to race and Black power in much of her work. She is best known for her Obie Award-winning play, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf (1975). She also penned novels including Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo (1982), Liliane (1994), and Betsey Brown (1985), about an African-American girl who runs away from home.

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Ntozake Shange

African American writer and performance artist (1948-2018)

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Occupation: actor, screenwriter, poet, novelist
Citizenship: United States
Born: October 18, 1948
Died: October 27, 2018
Website: http://officialntozakeshange.com/

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