Ntozake Shange

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Ntozake Shange was an American playwright, poet, and Black feminist best known for her groundbreaking choreopoem "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf."

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instanceOf Black feminist
choreopoem
dramatist
essayist
human
novelist
performance artist
playwright
poet
stage play
author Ntozake Shange NERFINISHED
birthName Paulette Linda Williams NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath stroke
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1948-10-18
dateOfDeath 2018-10-27
educatedAt Barnard College NERFINISHED
University of Southern California
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Williams
fieldOfWork Black feminism NERFINISHED
drama
poetry
genre feminist literature
givenName Paulette NERFINISHED
influencedBy African American oral traditions
Black feminist thought NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Black Arts Movement NERFINISHED
name Ntozake Shange NERFINISHED
notableWork Betsey Brown NERFINISHED
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf NERFINISHED
Liliane: Resurrection of the Daughter NERFINISHED
Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo NERFINISHED
Spell #7 NERFINISHED
occupation essayist
novelist
playwright
poet
professor
placeOfBirth Trenton, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Bowie, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED
pseudonym Ntozake Shange NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1975
residence New York City
sexOrGender female
writesAbout Black women’s experiences
love and survival
racism
sexism

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For Colored Girls basedOnAuthor Ntozake Shange
Lorraine Hansberry influenced Ntozake Shange