Ntozake Shange citations

Ntozake Shange, nom de plume de Paulette Linda Williams, est une artiste américaine.

Artiste de performance, dramaturge et poète, elle est reconnue aux États-Unis pour sa pièce For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, récompensée par de nombreux prix.

Elle est aussi l'auteur de Betsey Brown, un roman sur la vie d'une jeune fille afro-américaine en fugue. Wikipedia  

✵ 18. octobre 1948 – 27. octobre 2018
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Ntozake Shange: Citations en anglais

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

Ntozake Shange for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

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)
Variante: i found god in myself
& i loved her/i loved her fiercely

“i usedta live in the world
really be in the world
free & sweet talkin
good mornin & thank-you & nice day
uh huh
i cant now
i cant be nice to nobody
nice is such a rip-off
regular beauty & a smile in the street
is just a set-up”

Ntozake Shange for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

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

“And this is for Colored girls who have considered suicide, but are moving to the ends of their own rainbows.”

Ntozake Shange for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

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