Tribute to Ntozake Shange

Op 27 oktober is de legendarische dichteres en toneelschrijver Ntozake Shange overleden. Shange is vooral bekend van haar choreopoem For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuff.

 

Tijdens dit evenement bespreekt een panel van lezers en schrijvers de uitstekende manieren waarop zij, zoals ze zelf schreef in For Colored Girls, “a Black girl’s song” deelde. Dit programma is Engelstalig. Het eerbetoon is onderdeel van Voices, onze serie talkshows over de onderwerpen die de realiteiten van onze gemeenschappen vormen.
 

On October 27, the legendary poet and playwright Ntozake Shange passed away. Shange is most known for her choreopoem For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuff.
 

During this event, a panel of readers and writers will discuss Shange’s outstanding ways of, as she herself wrote in For Colored Girls, “sing a Black girl’s song”. The program will be in English. This tribute is part of our Voices, our series of talk shows. Where Bijlmer Parktheater Unpacks dives deeply into political and politicized subject matter, Voices offers more of an introduction to the topics that shape the realities of our communities.