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Performance script for book launch of Some Sing, Some Cry and recording of book launch, 2010

 File — Box: 116, Folder: 5
Identifier: Subseries 1.18

Scope and Contents

Loose typewritten performance script (with minimal highlighting and notes) for 2010 book launch of Some Sing, Some Cry, along with recording of the book launch performance featuring Shange and sister Ifa Bayeza, likely at DuSable Museum (also performed at the Smithsonian). Script includes Leaving Sweet Tamarind by Shange and New Yawk! by Ifa Bayeza, with music and stage adaptation by Ifa Bayeza.

Dates

  • Creation: 2010

Creator

Access

One journal from Series 03, Journals, Agendas, and Notes, is restricted until 2050 at the request of the Ntozake Shange Trust due to sensitive material. This collection has no other access restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 68.8 Linear Feet (74 document boxes, 1 half document box, 16 cartons, 7 clamshell box, 3 oversized folders, 7 oversized box, 1 binder, 1 box of digital media including CD-Rs, DVD-Rs, DVD-RWs, 3.5 inch floppy disks, and a MiniDV tape)

From the Collection: 17.1 Gigabytes (1 pdf, 43 m4a music files, and 776 jpg files)

Language

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Spanish; Castilian