Ntozake Shange: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Neal A. Lester, Ntozake Shange: A Critical Study of the Plays (1995), offers critical analysis.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Oct 23, 2025
Anniversary information added. Oct 14, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Jan 29, 2024
Changed “black” to “Black” throughout article. Oct 01, 2020
Noted her death. Oct 29, 2018
Modified link of Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Ntozake Shange. Aug 21, 2017
Add new Web site: Academy of American Poets - Biography of Ntozake Shange. Nov 05, 2014
Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Ntozake Shange. Oct 30, 2014
Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Ntozake Shange. Jan 28, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Ntozake Shange. Jan 28, 2011
Added the 2010 film adaptation of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf. Nov 05, 2010
Added three plays and three children's books to article. Nov 03, 2009
Media added. Sep 22, 2008
Article revised. Jan 12, 2000
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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