for colored girls who’ve considered suicide while surviving Post-Traumatic Slavery Syndrome (with acknowledgements to Ntozake Shange and Dr. DeGruy)

In this audio article, the author reViews Ntozake Shange’s groundbreaking work on black girlhood/womanhood, for colored girls who’ve considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf. She briefly provides the personal context through which she interacts with the text for the first and latest time. She expands the narrative of black girlhood/womanhood into the personal by examining the actions of the characters and herself through Dr. DeGruy’s lens of Post-Traumatic Slavery Syndrome. Track 1 provides the narrative context and theoretical framework. Tracks 2 – 5 are the author’s performative responses. Track 6 lists the bibliography, while Track 7 provides a short bio of the author