Friday, 13 January 2017

The Salt Eaters By Toni Cade Bambara

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Title:The Salt Eaters
Author:Toni Cade Bambara
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Page:304 pages
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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 From the Trade Paperback edition.


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Toni Cade Bambara, born Miltona Mirkin Cade March 25, 1939 December 9, 1995 was an African American author, documentary film maker, social activist and college professor.Toni Cade Bambara was born in New York City to parents Walter and Helen Henderson Cade She grew up in Harlem, Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn , Queens and New Jersey In 1970 she changed her name to include the name of a West Toni Cade Bambara, born Miltona Mirkin Cade March 25, 1939 December 9, 1995 was an African American author, documentary film maker, social activist and college professor.Toni Cade Bambara was born in New York City to parents Walter and Helen Henderson Cade She grew up in Harlem, Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn , Queens and New Jersey In 1970 she changed her name to include the name of a West African ethnic group, Bambara.Bambara graduated from Queens College with a B.A in Theater Arts English Literature in 1959, then studied mime at the Ecole de Mime Etienne Decroux in Paris, France She also became interested in dance before completing her master s degree in American studies at City College, New York from 1962 , while serving as program director of Colony Settlement House in Brooklyn She has also worked for New York social services and as a recreation director in the psychiatric ward of Metropolitan hospital From 1965 to 1969 she was with City College s Search for Education, Elevation, Knowledge program She taught English, published material and worked with SEEK s black theatre group She was made assistant professor of English at Rutgers University s new Livingston College in 1969, was visiting professor in Afro American Studies at Emory University and at Atlanta University 1977 , where she also taught at the School of Social Work until 1979 She was writer in residence at Neighborhood Arts Center 1975 79 , at Stephens College at Columbia, Missouri 1976 and at Atlanta s Spelman College 1978 79 From 1986 she taught film script writing at Louis Massiah s Scribe Video Center in Philadelphia.Bambara participated in several community and activist organizations, and her work was influenced by the Civil Rights and Black Nationalist movements of the 1960s She went on propaganda trips to Cuba in 1973 and to Vietnam in 1975 She moved to Atlanta, GA, with her daughter, Karma Bene, and became a founding member of the Southern Collective of African American Writers.Toni Cade Bambara was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1993 and died of it in 1995, at the age of 56 from Wikipedia aka Toni Cade



thumbnailTitle: The Salt Eaters
Posted by:Toni Cade Bambara
Published :2016-02-09T12:33+01:00
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 heal
The Salt Eaters
304 pagesToni Cade Bambara

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