Aspects of Gullah Culture for the Characters Paths to Self-Acceptance
Over the course of Ntozake Shange’s novel, Sassafrass, Cypress, & Indigo, the main characters continuously break away from the demands and traditions of the patriarchal social system. The three sisters, Sassafrass, Cypress, and Indigo are determined to find their own journey of expression and creativity, despite their mother’s (Effania) attempts to remind them that it…