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- 000 01379pam 2200253 a 4500
- 008 050404s1982 nyu 000 1 eng
- 040 __ |a DLC |c DLC |d DLC
- 050 00 |a PS3569.H3324 |b S2 1982
- 099 __ |a CAL 022003154431
- 100 1_ |a Shange, Ntozake.
- 245 10 |a Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo : |b a novel / |c by Ntozake Shange.
- 260 __ |a New York : |b St. Martin's Press, |c c1982.
- 300 __ |a 224 p. ; |c 22 cm.
- 500 __ |a Ntozake Shange was born Paulette Williams in Trenton, New Jersey on October 18, 1948. In 1971 she changed her name to Ntozake Shange which means "she who comes with her own things" and "she who walks like a lion" in Xhosa, the Zulu language. Her father was an Air Force surgeon and her mother was an educator and a psychiatric social worker. The Williams were upper middle class African Americans whose love of the arts contributed to an intellectually stimulating childhood for Shange and her three siblings. Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Chuck Berry, and W. E. B. Du Bois were among the frequent guests at her parents' house.
In addition to her plays, Ntozake Shange has written poetry, novels, and essays.
- 950 __ |a JHUL |b I712.45 |c S528S