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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. She also penned novels including Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo (1982), Liliane (1994), and Betsey Brown (1985), about an African-American girl runaway from home. Among Shange's honors and awards were fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund, and a Pushcart Prize. In April 2016, Barnard College announced it had acquired Shange's archive. Shange lived in Brooklyn, New York.
Birth Name
Paulette Williams
Born
Monday, 18 October 1948
Died
Saturday, 27 October 2018
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Transparent | Ntozake Shange | 2014 |
American Playhouse | Woman with baby girl | 1982 |
Poetry In Motion | Self | 1982 |
The 35th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1981 |
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement | Self | 1978 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Transparent | Ntozake Shange | 2014 |
American Playhouse | Woman with baby girl | 1982 |
Poetry In Motion | Self | 1982 |
The 35th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1981 |
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement | Self | 1978 |