Ntozake Shange
(1948-2018)
African American writer and performance artist
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Ntozake Shange (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. 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 run away from home.
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Paulette L. Williams 18 October 1948 Trenton, New Jersey, USA
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| Died |
27 October 2018 (aged 70) Bowie, Maryland, USA
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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