Tag Archives: 500 Years Later

Ntozake Shange: Playwright- For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

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Ntozake Shange (pronounced En-toe-ZAHK-kay SHONG-gay; born October 18, 1948) is an American playwright, and poet. As a self proclaimed black feminist, much of the content of her work addresses issues relating to race and feminism.

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Dr. Molefi Kete Asante: African-American Studies Scholar

Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.

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Molefi Kete Asante (born August 14, 1942) is a contemporary and progressive American scholar in the field of African studies and African American Studies. He is currently Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Temple University, where he founded the first PhD program in African American Studies. Asante is known for his philosophy of Afrocentricity and transracial, intercultural, and international communication. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Black Studies and is one of the most published contemporary scholars with more than 70 books and 400 articles.

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