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Thulani Davis (Barbara Neal Davis) was born on 19 July, 1948 in United States, is an American poet. Discover Thulani Davis's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?

Popular As Barbara Neal Davis
Occupation Playwright journalist librettist novelist poet screenwriter
Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 19 July, 1948
Birthday 19 July
Birthplace N/A
Nationality United States

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1949

Thulani Davis (born July 19, 1949 ) 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.

1966

Davis graduated from the Putney School in 1966 and continued her education at Barnard College, from which she graduated in 1970.

Davis also attended graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University.

After graduating from Barnard, Davis moved to San Francisco, where she worked as a reporter for the San Francisco Sun-Reporter, reporting on news stories such as the Soledad Brothers trial and the Angela Davis case.

Davis became a performing poet and worked with a number of musicians and poets in San Francisco.

She also joined the Third World Artists Collective, collaborating with Ntozake Shange and others.

1970

Davis returned to New York City in the 1970s.

There, she wrote for the Village Voice for 13 years, eventually working her way up to serve as Senior Editor.

1980

In the mid-1980s Davis collaborated with her cousin, composer Anthony Davis, on creating their first opera.

She wrote the libretto to X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X.

1981

In 1981, she introduced family friend and protégé Greg Tate to The Village Voice music editor Robert Christgau, who asked Tate to contribute to the Voice, where he quickly established himself as one of the influential cultural critics of his generation.

1990

The two collaborated again in the 1990s when Davis wrote the libretto to Amistad (1997), first produced by the Chicago Lyric Opera.

Tim Page of The Washington Post thought the work had missed some chances.

It was based on a case of an apparent slave mutiny on a Spanish ship, which reached the United States Supreme Court.

Page wrote,

"'the incident is a welcome historical example of the United States behaving with wisdom and compassion toward the helpless and downtrodden. This is grudgingly and elusively acknowledged in the opera, but nowhere near so forcefully stated as it should have been, particularly with all the distasteful examples of white racism that were paraded throughout the evening. To paraphrase Walt Whitman, the abolitionist movement had been simmering, simmering, simmering, until the Amistad Rebellion brought it to a boil.'"

1992

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.

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, including the obituary for fellow poet and Barnard alumna June Jordan.

She was a mentor to a young Greg Tate, before he emerged as an influential journalist and cultural critic.

Thulani Davis is a contemporary of and collaborator with Ntozake Shange.

2006

Thulani Davis was born to two African-American educators from Virginia, Willie ("Billie") Louise (née Barbour) Davis and Collis Huntington Davis Sr. The Davises are prominent in Virginia and the subject of her 2006 book, My Confederate Kinfolk.

2008

Amistad received a major revision in libretto and music in 2008 for a new production at the Spoleto USA festival.

Opera Today said that it was

{{blockquote|text="much leaner, more focused and dramatically far more effective than the original. And in so doing they {the Davises] created not only a masterpiece of American opera, but further a work that — against a contemporary horizon darkened by undercurrents of racism — resonates today far beyond Memminger and Spoleto USA."

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After her return to New York City, Davis also became involved in the creation of documentaries and dramatic films.

Her filmmaker brother, Collis Huntington Davis Jr., introduced her to other black filmmakers.

The first documentary she was associated with aired on PBS.

She continues to work on creative projects including operas, films, novels, and plays.

Davis is an ordained Buddhist priest in the Jodo Shinshu sect.

She founded the Brooklyn Buddhist Association with her husband Joseph Jarman.