Background
Bambara, Toni Cade was born on March 25, 1939 in New York City.
(Toni Cade Bambara writes about the twin themes of oppress...)
Toni Cade Bambara writes about the twin themes of oppression and hope as she describes the experiences of black women and their resilience and ability to resist and survive.
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In these fifteen superb stories, written in a style at once ineffable and immediately recognizable, Toni Cade Bambara gives us compelling portraits of a wide range of unforgettable characters, from sassy children to cunning old men, in scenes shifting between uptown New York and rural North CaroLina. A young girl suffers her first betrayal. A widow flirts with an elderly blind man against the wishes of her grown-up children. A neighborhood loan shark teaches o white social worker a lesson in responsibility. And there is more. Sharing the world of Toni Cade Bambara's "straight-up fiction" is a stunning experience.
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Set in Claybourne, a small town somewhere in the South, THE SALT EATERS is the story of a community of black faith healers who, searching for the healing properties of salt, witness an event that will change their lives forever.
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Bambara, Toni Cade was born on March 25, 1939 in New York City.
Bachelor in Theatre Arts, Queens College, 1959. Master of Arts in American Literature, City College of New York, 1965. Postgraduate, State University of New York, Buffalo.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), State University of New York, Albany, 1990. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Denison University, 1993.
Family and youth case worker New York Department Welfare, 1959-1961. Director recreation Metropolitan Hospital Psychiatric Division, 1961-1962. Program director Colony Settlement House, 1962-1965.
Artists in resident Spellman College, 1978-1979, Neighborhood Arts Center, 1975-1979, Stephens College, 1976. Instructor SEEK program City College, 1965-1969. Research mentor and instructor School Social Work Atlanta University, 1977, 79.
Assistant professor English Rutgers University, 1969-1974. Instructor Scribe Video Center, Philadelphia, from 1986. Arts consultant The Black Arts South Conference, 1981, Georgia State Arts Council, 1976, 81, New York State Arts Council, 1974, National Education Association, 1980.
Humanities consultant Emory University Institute Language Arts, 1980, New York Institute for Human Services Training, 1978, New Jersey Department Corrections, 1974. Visiting professor Afro-American Studies, Duke University, 1975, Atlanta University, 1977. Writer, lecturer storyteller, consultant in literature, cinema, production, and curricula.
Member advisory board Black Cinemateque, Atlanta, National Black Programming Consortium, Ohio, International Black Cinema, Berlin/New York, Essence Magazine. Writer, narrator for Louis Massiahs series on Doctor W.E.B. DuBois, Scribe Productions, 1993. Narrator John Akumfrah's documentary Seven Songs of Malcolm, Black Film Audio Collective, 1993, Nadine Patterson documentary on Anna Russell Jone, Patterson Productions, 1993, others.
Writer various workshops. Lecturer in field.
(In these fifteen superb stories, written in a style at on...)
(Set in Claybourne, a small town somewhere in the South, T...)
(Toni Cade Bambara writes about the twin themes of oppress...)