Talk:Ntozake Shange

Ntozake Shange
The word "Ntozake" means "his/her things" in Xhosa, a South African language. It has nothing to do with lions or coming into any place with things. And "Shange" means nothing in Xhosa. It's not a word, just a surname. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 190.74.72.84 (talk) 20:44, 6 April 2007 (UTC).


 * Surnames are words; hence, they have meaning. ∞ΣɛÞ² (τ 05:56, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Can you provide a source for your claim? The article did not associate the name "Ntozake" with lions. It should also be noted that Xhosa and Zulu are two different languages. The article itself encourages confusion, as it sources the meaning of "Ntozake" in Xhosa and "Shange" in Zulu, but the source provided to verify this fact does not mention the Xhosa language at all. As far as one could gather from the source, which is an old New York Times article, both of her names are derived from the Zulu language. Being that your argument is predicated on the true meaning of Ntozake Shange's name within Xhosa, I think you should reevaluate your comment.IamKoi (talk) 17:38, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

I will edit the article so that it will match its source material.IamKoi (talk) 17:41, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Potential copyvio problem
The text of the article seems awfully similar to Women of Color, Women of Word. Some has been rephrased and moved around, but the exact correspondence of some phrases is pretty unmistakable. Anyone know who copied from whom? Xihr (talk) 04:12, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

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