Thulani Davis

Thulani Nkabinde Davis
BornBarbara Neal Davis
(1949-07-19) July 19, 1949 (age 75)
Occupation
  • Playwright
  • journalist
  • librettist
  • novelist
  • poet
  • screenwriter
LanguageEnglish
Notable worksMy Confederate Kinfolk
Playing the Changes
All the Renegade Ghosts Rise
Website
www.thulanidavis.com

Thulani Davis (born July 19, 1949[1]) is an American playwright, journalist, librettist, novelist, poet, and screenwriter. She is a graduate of Barnard College and attended graduate school at both the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University.[2]

In 1992, Davis received a Grammy Award for her album notes on Aretha Franklin's Queen Of Soul – The Atlantic Recordings, becoming the first female recipient of this award.[3][4] She has collaborated with her cousin, composer Anthony Davis, writing the librettos to two operas.

Davis wrote for the Village Voice for more than a decade,[2][3] including the obituary for fellow poet and Barnard alumna June Jordan.[5] She was a mentor to a young Greg Tate, before he emerged as an influential journalist and cultural critic.[6] Thulani Davis is a contemporary of and collaborator with Ntozake Shange.[7][8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference papers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Thulani Davis, a voice of the written word". African American Registry. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Thulani Davis". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  4. ^ "The GRAMMYs' Trailblazing Women, Part One". Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  5. ^ Davis, Thulani (June 25, 2002). "June Jordan, 1936–2002". Village Voice. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  6. ^ Risen, Clay (December 8, 2021). "Greg Tate, Influential Critic of Black Culture, Dies at 64". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  7. ^ "Thulani Davis by Stephanie Fleischmann". BOMB Magazine. Fall 1990. Archived from the original on 2014-05-12.
  8. ^ "Black music / Ntozake Shange and Thulani Davis; interviewed by Joan Thornell". Pacifica Radio Archives. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.