Shange, Ntozake.

  • Ntozake Shange: Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo

    Author Ntozake Shange reads from her novel, Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo (St. Martin’s Press, 1982) at Cody’s bookstore in Berkeley, CA in September 1982. Shange describes the book before reading excerpts from it and is then interviewed by KPFA’s Ginny Z. Berson. Reading at Cody’s recorded by Pam Scola. This recording is identical to AZ0675.

  • Black music / Ntozake Shange and Thulani Davis ; interviewed by Joan Thornell.

    Joan Thornell interviews Ntozake Shange (1948 – ), poet and playwright, and Thulani Davis (1949 – ), playwright, librettist, and teacher of English at the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. for her “Another Perspective” series on the types and development of Black music. Topics discussed include Stevie Wonder, Motown, jazz, the blues, and the…

  • The Women weavers / executive producer Tarabu Betserai.

    Combination of readings and discussions with four major women writers: Judy Grahn, Notzake Shange, May Sarton, and Audre Lorde. The autors read selections of their own works, and discuss their writing, life, and art. Produced from segments originally produced by Ginny Z. Berson, Pam Scola, Helene Rosenbluth, and Penny Rosenwasser.|THE WOMEN WEAVERS / executive producer…

  • A conversation with Ntozake Shange / interviewed by Clare Spark

    Ntozake Shange, the black feminist poet, author of “For colored girls who have considered suicide, when the rainbow is enuf,” is interviewed by Clare Spark on The Sour Apple Tree. Shange discusses reactions to her work and emphasizes how the poems are misperceived by many critics. Ends with a one-minute cut from the album of…

  • The murders of the children in Atlanta / produced by Damali Cruz and Khensu-Ra

    The program is divided into 3 sections. It begins with a chronology of the events around the murders and disappearances of Atlanta’s youth since 1979. The psychological effects of the murders on the children in Atlanta’s communities is discussed. And the final section explores some of the theories around who is responsible for the murders.…