Ntozake Shange

African american writer and performance artist (1948-2018).

Born October 18th, 1948 in Trenton. [ref]

Died October 27th, 2018 at 70 years old in Bowie (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]

Occupations
actor, choreographer, essayist, novelist, playwright, poet, screenwriter, writer
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner