Episode 96: The Legacy of Ntozake Shange w/ Dr. Kim Hall

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Episode 96

The Legacy of Ntozake Shange with Dr. Kim Hall

A conversation with Dr. Kim F. Hall, Lucyle Hook Professor of English and Professor of Africana Studies at Barnard College

2022
Show Notes

The recent Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf reflects a growing appreciation for a Black writer whose work gives voice to those who have been oppressed and marginalized because of their race and gender. But who was Shange, and what more do her theatrical works have to say to us today?

Dr. Kim F. Hall, the Lucyle Hook Professor of English and Professor of Africana Studies at Barnard College — Shange’s alma mater — joins us to discuss Shange’s life, work, and enduring legacy. Dr. Hall is also the award-winning educator behind the Digital Shange Project, which drew on Barnard’s own collection of Shange’s papers to produce teaching materials about her works.

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This Episode’s Guest
Dr. Kim F. Hall
Dr. Kim F. Hall is the Lucyle Hook Professor of English and Professor of Africana Studies at Barnard College. She is the author of Things of Darkness: Economies of Race and Gender in Early Modern England and the creator of the Digital Shange Project.
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