[Poetry]
Woodie King Jr: “The Black Arts Movement focused on promoting Black pride through arts, activism and creating Black cultural institutions. Black poets continue this legacy by using their art and voice to speak out.”
Photo: Sonia Sanchez
Black Arts Movement
New Federal Theatre Presents Virtual Poetry Jam on September 2128
SONIA SANCHEZ’S POEM PRESENT: “I SEE MY HISTORY, HEARING THE ANCIENT BLACK WOMAN, ME”
[Women’s History Month\Poet Sonia Sanchez]
Sanchez: “And in my head, i see my history, standing like a shy child, and i chant lullabies, as i ride my past on horseback, tasting
the thirst of yesterday tribes, hearing the ancient/black/woman, me…”
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THE NEGRO ENSEMBLE COMPANY WILL FEATURE PLAYWRIGHT NTOZAKE SHANGE’S WORK IN FEBRUARY
[The Negro Ensemble Company\Ntozake Shange]
Negro Ensemble Company, Inc: ‘We are honored to include “a photograph / lovers in motion” in a long list of amazing productions that celebrate African American culture. The production is also meant to honor the legacy of Ntozake Shange, whose “for colored girls who considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf” is recognized as an important, revolutionary and transformative work in American theater.”
Photo: Ifa Bayeza
