sunshinesuzy 's review for:

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange

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Oluwatosin Salau's death hits very close to home. She was Nigerian, an activist, abused by her family and just starting her life. I am all of these. Since hearing about her death, I have felt a deep seated sadness because that could have been me. And I don't mean that in an obscure way. I mean that in a I am a dark skinned Nigerian woman who led protests last week and was in exactly the same position that she was in. Except I lived.

I keep going back to this book, For Colored Girls, and I keep thinking about all the injustices I've faced and will still face. I think about how I'm going out to fight for the rights of men who won't hesitate to kill me if they want to. Men who will use all sorts of excuses to avoid standing up for black women who continue to stand up for them. And I think about the last sentence in this book;

& this is for colored girls who have considered suicide / but are moving to the ends of their rainbow

and I wonder if I'll live till the point where I'll consider moving to the end of my rainbow.

Rest in power, Tosin.