Her Pen is a Machete: The Art of Ntozake Shange

In “Her Pen is a Machete: The Art of Ntozake Shange,” scholars, writers, and artists explore Ntozake Shange’s genre-defying achievements and ongoing influences. From her invention of the choreopoem to her revolutionary approaches to the body, movement, voice, music, dance, poetry, and prose, Shange’s work continues to create space for black women on the page and the stage, and to inspire new possibilities for art and writing.
“Her Pen is a Machete” features interviews with Soyica Diggs Colbert, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Vanessa K. Valdés, Jennifer DeVere Brody, and Alexis Pauline Gumbs. This video is included in The Scholar & Feminist Online issue 12.3-13.1, "The Worlds of Ntozake Shange," available at sfonline.barnar...
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[@DonaldG-qq4ol]

…"all the way back to the greeks?" so the caucasian lady is giving credit to the greeksthis is why caucasian people should never attempt to explain the life if Afro people they always fell, I my opinion. most people know oral tradition is associated with African people plus eeuropeans took and destroyed written material

[@piecesofme8531]

I don’t think Ntozake wrote For Colored Girls because she hated black men or was “done” with black men… Just saw the new Broadway production and was struck by how much Ntozake posits black femininity as feminism.

[@chalmerscharitycrouse7834]

Thanks! Thirteen.
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[@isetfrances6124]

Its so nice this weekend, in the memorializing of Toni Morrison, to reach into related greatness where folks like Ntozake can resonate--I did not get to properly observe her passing last year so now am grateful for the archives RUclips makes available to us. RIP dear Dancing Black Feather! We need you.

[@tunesmithdainfinitytunegat1691]

All these woman are hot girls yikes and they write

[@sallyreno6296]

Zake passed in her sleep this morning. Dear friend. Enormous talent.

[@beatriceroberts4859]

Sally Reno RIH

[@gloriamitchell3518]

Grateful to have found this content.

[@Belrivers]

Don't separate the mind from the body.

[@T3AL13]

Excellent analysis and homage. Thank you!

[@tangelaserls9677]

Wonderful video. Her influence will be remembered.

[@TSquared2001]

RIP

[@kiralynae6998]

Keep returning to this.