Toni Cade Bambara is a well known and respected activist, professor of English and African American studies, editor of anthologies of Black literature, and author of short stories and a novel. "All writers, musicians, artists, choreographers/dancers,...

In many ways Toni Cade Bambara is one of the best representatives of the group of Afro-American writers who, during the 1960s, became directly involved in the cultural and sociopolitical activities in urban communities across the country. Like James...

Toni Cade Bambara dedicated her life and her art to realizing positive change and healing in the black community. As writer, filrnmaker, educator, and political organizer, she celebrated the power, beauty, and wisdom of African American culture and its...

THOSE BONES ARE NOT MY CHILD By Toni Cade Bambara. Pantheon. 688 pp. $27.50. James A. Miller is professor of English and American studies and director of the Africana Studies Program at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Every parent's worst nightmare, the...

Every parent's worst nightmare, the chilling words in the title of Toni Cade Bambara's riveting, posthumous novel are spoken by two different speakers in two different contexts. Both times, though, they convey not only the horror and finality of loss, but the specific terror...

In the following essay, Butler-Evans explores B ambara's attempt to synthesize African-American nationalist and feminist ideologies in her short stories.

In the following essay, Willis discusses the political nature of The Sea Birds Are Still Alive, The Salt Eaters, and Gorilla, My Love, noting Bambara's emphasis on the importance of community, individuality, and political and social activism.

In the following interview, Bambara discusses her writing philosophy and the ways in which being an African-American woman influences her work.