Ntozake Shange

American playwright (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf) and poet.
Died on Saturday October 27th 2018

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@TRIPPYMRS: RT @well_wildflower: "where there is a woman, there is magic." –– Ntozake Shange, RIP - 7 years ago

@Bonitah_Bonitah: RT @SamiraIsimbi: Ntozake said: “I write for young girls of color, for girls who don’t even exist yet, so that there is something there for… - 7 years ago

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@Tameezus: RT @ytashawomack: "I found god in myself and I loved her I loved her fiercely." - Ntozake Shange - 7 years ago

@gencritgreen: RT @FeministCurrent: Ntozake Shange, the influential and popular playwright who wrote, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When t… - 7 years ago

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@overawls_: RT @LynnMelnick: “i found god in myself and i loved her i loved her fiercely” ― Ntozake Shange - 7 years ago

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@EricaB_EZ: RT @BGUnscripted: For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow | The Nation - 7 years ago

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@MaryHeglar: “i'm gonna do exactly what i want to & i wont be sorry for none of it.” —ntozake shange Also, my mantra for my 35th year - 7 years ago

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@ugetmade: RT @BGUnscripted: For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow | The Nation - 7 years ago

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@neldogg7: RT @SignatureTheatr: "I was on panels with her where people would wither. She had the courage to speak truth always." - @suzanloriparks 7… - 7 years ago

@captainbluebush: RT @Charliblac: “I write for young girls of color, for girls who don’t even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they… - 7 years ago

@HIGHOFFZl: RT @stacykirui: I loved you on purpose. I was open on purpose. - Ntozake Shange - 7 years ago

@sistakenya: RT @Face2faceAFRICA: #WeeklyRoundUp 10 powerful quotes from ‘For Coloured Girls’ author, Ntozake Shange. > - 7 years ago

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@blssfulserndpty: RT @YWCAUSA: "Whether they encountered Shange's words on stage, on screen, in the classroom or by other means, generations of women of colo… - 7 years ago

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@blackgoldchi: RT @carla_franklin: @NtozakeShange1 RIP beautiful warrior/ mother / sister / friend. You inspired me and so many others. “...i am on th… - 7 years ago

@Mrs_heiney: RT @waithera_jk: also, the above gif is from the film 'for colored girls', an adaptation of Ntozake Shange's choreopoem 'for colored girls… - 7 years ago

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@cmcwilsont: RT @rtraister: Absolutely essential reading: @rebel19 on Ntozake Shange. Gorgeous and sad and full of connections. - 7 years ago

@nyakomala: RT @POETSorg: "I'm a firm believer that language and how we use language determines how we act, and how we act then determines our lives an… - 7 years ago

@christianayden: And this is for Colored girls who have considered suicide, but are moving to the ends of their own rainbows. -Ntozake Shange - 7 years ago

@Shaguftahussein: RT @poetrypotion: Poet Muse: Ntozake Shange (poet, playwright, novelist 1948-2018) “i found god in myself and i loved her i loved her fier… - 7 years ago

@clevelandwest: For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow via @thenation - 7 years ago

@DenverPortia: Remembering 'For Colored Girls' playwright Ntozake Shange, 1948-2018 | Datebook #BlackTheater - 7 years ago

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@aboutplacejourn: RT @WomenWriteBloom: Staceyann Chin invites you to a Black feminist Read-in to celebrate the life and work of Ntozake Shange on Wed, Nov 7t… - 7 years ago

@SBFAustin2013: RT @WomenWriteBloom: “somebody/anybody / sing a black girl’s song”: Remembering Ntozake Shange by Lisa B. Thompson 💜 - 7 years ago

@PeoplesNSC1: Ntozake Shange @NtozakeShange1 #NtozakeShange who wrote 'For Colored Girls' has transitioned. What a Women. What a… - 7 years ago

@DawnDiezWillis: RT @blackityblvck: “I write for young girls of color, for girls who don’t even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when th… - 7 years ago

@CrownMeKingggg_: RT @stacykirui: I loved you on purpose. I was open on purpose. - Ntozake Shange - 7 years ago

@Alliesante: RT @AHarris1361: Thank you for this piece, @collinshughes . Really disappointed that the Broadway lights haven't dimmed for Ntozake Shange.… - 7 years ago

@Michele_Rev: RT @tylerperry: Thank you Ntozake Shange for your beautiful and incredible gifts. May God bless and rest your soul. For Colored Girls who h… - 7 years ago

@afronews: Remembering Ntozake Shange - 7 years ago

@tonyramstetter: RT @stacykirui: I loved you on purpose. I was open on purpose. - Ntozake Shange - 7 years ago

@KelceyAnya: i found God inside myself and i loved her fiercely. -Ntozake Shange - 7 years ago

@slkysoulsis: RT @BlackLezLoveLab: RIP Ntozake Shange - 7 years ago

@lidleida: RT @stacykirui: I loved you on purpose. I was open on purpose. - Ntozake Shange - 7 years ago

@Howardbike: In Memoriam: For Colored Girls Who Grew Up on Ntozake Shange - 7 years ago

@Pubhistorian: RT @rebel19: I wrote about Ntozake, as I remember her. #NtozakeShange For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow via @thenation - 7 years ago

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@danasnitzky: RT @Longreads: "The reckonings around sexual misconduct in the public sphere owe much to the space Black women like Shange opened up in the… - 7 years ago

@drashleyfarmer: RT @rebel19: I wrote about Ntozake, as I remember her. #NtozakeShange For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow via @thenation - 7 years ago

@michaelmnola: Maria Irene Fornes and Ntozake Shange: Lost to the present but harbingers of the future - 7 years ago

@ceruua: Celebrating and Saying Goodbye to Ntozake Shange from Beacon Broadside. - 7 years ago

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@AllThings2021: RT @EBONYMag: For Colored Girls has played nearly 750 performances on Broadway since 1976. It is the second play written by an African-Amer… - 7 years ago

@mizinsatiable: RT @NMAAHC: Playwright, spoken-word artist, and novelist Ntozake Shange contributed to a chorus of feminist voices in the 1970s. Born Paule… - 7 years ago

@mizinsatiable: RT @janaebonsu: Ntozake Shange was a Black feminist poet, playwright, mother & so much more. The legacy of her work is a gift that will kee… - 7 years ago

@mveli4: RT @NtozakeShange1: To our extended family and friends, it is with sorrow that we inform you that our loved one, Ntozake Shange, passed awa… - 7 years ago

@courttianewland: RT @AHarris1361: Thank you for this piece, @collinshughes . Really disappointed that the Broadway lights haven't dimmed for Ntozake Shange.… - 7 years ago

@taiping2: In Memoriam: For Colored Girls Who Grew Up on NtozakeShange - 7 years ago

@BarbotRobot: RT @AHarris1361: Thank you for this piece, @collinshughes . Really disappointed that the Broadway lights haven't dimmed for Ntozake Shange.… - 7 years ago

@BespokeCurry: Ever since I realized there waz someone callt/ a colored girl an evil woman a bitch or a nag/ i been tryin not to… - 7 years ago

@SimplySetApart: RT @iRefuseToCare: 😢 Remembering Ntozake Shange, The Poet Who Poured Her Heart Onto The Page - 7 years ago

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@avatar_reso: RT @BernardineEvari: #RIPNtozakeShange Her 1974 chorepoem 'for coloured girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf' inspir… - 7 years ago

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@salina_cutee: RT @dreamhampton: Before what the internet calls cancel culture, before Alice Walker was dragged by black (male) writers for The Color Purp… - 7 years ago

@tshegobeckham: RT @Eezy_Ndlela: R.I.P Ntozake Shange ❤️ - 7 years ago

@heron_pat: RT @ZainabSalbi: Rest in paradise #NtozakeShange. An inspiring person who showed America what it felt like to be a Black woman. May her wor… - 7 years ago

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@BookCultures: Remembering Ntozake Shange - 7 years ago

@alainamonts: RT @HESherman: "She left behind an American theater whose most exciting and lauded work in recent seasons has often come from black female… - 7 years ago

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@CarlHancockRux: Love Suzan-Lori Parks’ stunning tribute to Ntozake Shange. - 7 years ago

@ConcernedHigh: RT @THR: Ntozake Shange, 'For Colored Girls' playwright, dies at 70 - 7 years ago

@LittleBitK_Reyn: RT @janaebonsu: Ntozake Shange was a Black feminist poet, playwright, mother & so much more. The legacy of her work is a gift that will kee… - 7 years ago

@newsgirl123456: Ntozake Shange, Who Wrote ‘For Colored Girls,’ Is Dead at 70 via @NYTimes - 7 years ago

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@misspoeticbee: RT @BlackWriters: Rest in Power Ntozake Shange, pioneering “For Colored Girls” playwright, poet and author - 7 years ago

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@Charliblac: “I write for young girls of color, for girls who don’t even exist yet, so that there is something there for them wh… - 7 years ago

@mizmaritz: RT @80grados: Ntozake Shange siempre escribió desde el dolor. Aunque también desde la felicidad más sublime. De ser negra. De la violencia.… - 7 years ago

@MichaelVitaly: RT @eSe_Teatro: Maria Irene Fornes and Ntozake Shange: Lost to the present but harbingers of the future - 7 years ago

@DiChristine: RT @valsadie: Top @Valsadie Theatres story: Seven Flames Kindled by the Focused Fire of Ntozake Shange - 7 years ago

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