Toni Cade Bambara
Toni Cade Bambara
Toni Cade Bambara, born Miltona Mirkin Cade, was an African-American author, documentary film-maker, social activist and college professor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth25 March 1939
CountryUnited States of America
mother religious bridges
My mother, religious-negro, proud of having waded through a storm, is, very obviously a sturdy bridge that I have crossed over on.
music dance drama
All writers, musicians, artists, choreographers/dancers, etc., work with the stuff of their experiences. It's the translation of it, the conversion of it, the shaping of it that makes for the drama.
self justice revolution
Revolution begins with the self, in the self.
house dinner napkins
When we ever invited the beast to dinner he didn't come in and swipe the napkins and start taking notes on the tablecloth 'bout how to take over the whole house?
personality misery reason
Take away the miseries and you take away some folks' reason for living.
heart ambush stride
TAKE HEART TO FLAT OUT DECIDE TO BE WELL AND STRIDE INTO THE FUTURE, SANE AND WHOLE
folks nations
Old folks are the nation.
writing way transformation
Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation.
mother wonder daydreaming
She [my mother] gave me permission to wonder, to dawdle, to daydream.
writing names community
Writing is a legitimate way, an important way, to participate in the empowerment of the community that names me.
jobs revolution irresistible
The job of the writer is to make revolution irresistible.
artist revolution roles
The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible
taken language-words atmosphere
Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words set things in motion. I've seen them doing it. Words set up atmospheres, electrical fields, charges.
past anticipate evaluate
Reappraise the past, re-evaluate where we've been, clarify where we are, and predict or anticipate where we are headed. . . .