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Ntozake Shange is an American playwright known for her groundbreaking play 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf'. Her works often explore themes of race, gender, and identity, and are celebrated for their unique poetic style and performance format.

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“anyway, the whole world knows, european & non-european alike, the whole world knows that nobody loves the black woman like they love farrah fawcett-majors. the whole world dont turn out for a dead black woman like they did for marilyn monroe. (actually, the demise of josephine baker waz an international event, but she waz also a war hero)”

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“i done forgot all abt words aint got no definitions”

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Book: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

About the Author

Born: October 18, 1948
Known for: Playwright
Quotes: 40

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