00 / 00

Ntozake Shange discusses her successful play and recent poetry

BROADCAST: Oct. 26, 1978 | DURATION: 00:32:57

Synopsis

Ntozake Shange discusses her play, "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf." She goes on to discuss her advocacy for more Black authors and poets, especially in experimental artistic endeavors.

*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
 

Details

Broadcast Date
Oct. 26, 1978

Duration
32 minutes, 57 seconds

Topics

Feminism, Women, Women's Studies African American History & Culture Poetry

People

Authors, Writers

Tags

WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Shange, Ntozake--Interviews Shange, Ntozake African American women authors--20th century--Interviews Audiotapes Radio programs Shange, Ntozake,-- interviewee Poetry Poetry--Black authors African american poets Racism Sexism Feminism For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf: A Choreopoem Black Arts movement Women's rights.

Related Programs