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Biography

Name: Toni Cade Bambara
Variant Name: Toni Cade
Birth Date: March 25, 1939
Death Date: December 9, 1995
Place of Birth: New York, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Occupations: writer

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Biography of Toni Cade Bambara
7,901 words, approx. 26 pages
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,...
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Biography of Toni Cade Bambara
7,025 words, approx. 23 pages
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...
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Biography of Toni Cade Bambara
6,789 words, approx. 23 pages
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...
 


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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Toni Cade Bambara Information
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Toni Cade Bambara (March 25, 1939 - December 9, 1995) was an American author, social activist, and college professor. Bambara was born Miltona Mirkin Cade but early changed her name to Toni. She grew up in Harlem, Manhattan, Brooklyn, New York, and...


News and Journals
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The Boston Globe
Search for the lost > The last novel of Toni Cade Bambara grew out of the Atlanta child murders
10/17/1999: 1,062 words, approx. 4 pages
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...
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The Boston Globe
Search For The Lost The Last Novel Of Toni Cade Bambara Grew Out Of The Atlanta Child Murders
10/17/1999: 1,023 words, approx. 3 pages
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...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Elliott Butler-Evans
10,951 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, Butler-Evans explores B ambara's attempt to synthesize African-American nationalist and feminist ideologies in her short stories.
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Susan Willis
9,790 words, approx. 33 pages
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.
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Interview by Toni Cade Bambara with Claudia Tate
9,736 words, approx. 33 pages
In the following interview, Bambara discusses her writing philosophy and the ways in which being an African-American woman influences her work.
 


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