C ontents
Tributes
7
Early Zake Memories by Halifu Osumare
16
Ntozake Shange by Abiodun Oyewole
17 SHE LOVED US FIERCELY by Venus Jones
21 Ntozake Shange: A Vision of Authentic Artistic Leadership by Pamela Booker
POETRY
12
people of watts by Ntozake Shange
13 Warrior Women by Vera E. Sims
14
A Song of Toni Morrison My Soul Now Sings by Aberjhani
20 Paint Me Real by Carolyn A. Butts
24
Tiddies Ain’t Everything (for Sara the Butterscotch Sunflower Queen) by Gha’il Rhodes Benjamin
28 when the ground moves by a. wanjiku h. reynolds
FICTON
32
Salvage (Excerpt from a film script) by Chanel Dupree
IN THIS ISSUE
4 Poetry Editor’s Note
6 Contributors’ Bios
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