Ntozake Shange

Ntozake Shange ( ; October 18, 1948 – October 27, 2018) was an American playwright and poet. She wrote about race and Black power in much of her work.
Shange is best known for the Obie Award-winning play "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf". Her other works were "Sassafrass, Cypress &amp; Indigo" (1982), "Liliane" (1994), and "Betsey Brown" (1985).
Shange died in her sleep October 27, 2018, aged 70, in an assisted living facility in Bowie, Maryland from stroke-related complications.