Ntozake Shange Quotes

Ntozake Shange is an American playwright and poet. As a self-proclaimed black feminist, she addresses issues relating to race and feminism in much of her work.

Shange is best known for the Obie Award-winning play for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf.

She has also written several novels including Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, Liliane, and Betsey Brown, a novel about an African-American girl who runs away from home. Among her honors and awards are fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund, and a Pushcart Prize. In April 2016, Barnard College announced that it acquired Shange's archive. Shange lives in Brooklyn, New York.

✵ 18. October 1948 – 27. October 2018
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Famous Ntozake Shange Quotes

“my spirit is too ancient to understand the separation of soul & gender”

Source: for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

“Through my tears
I found god in myself
and I loved her fiercely”

for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf (1976)
Variant: i found god in myself
& i loved her/i loved her fiercely

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