Quote by: Ntozake Shange

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 arrive. I can only change how they live, not how they think.

Ntozake Shange

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Author Bio

  • NameNtozake Shange
  • DescriptionContemporary African American writer and performance artist
  • AliasesPaulette L. Williams; Paulette Williams
  • BornOctober 18, 1948
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Screenwriter; Poet; Author; Novelist; Playwright
  • WorksFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf; Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo; Betsey Brown; Nappy Edges; Liliane
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship