- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMiltona Mirkin Cade
- Ms. Bambara was an accomplished African-American short story writer, scriptwriter, and documentary filmmaker. In 1970 she put together an anthology of African-American women's writing in "The Black Woman, a Collection of Essays". She also wrote the novel "The Salt Eaters" and collaborated on the documentary films 'The Bombing of Osage Avenue' and 'WEB DuBois-A Biography in Four Voices'. At the time of her death, she was working on a manuscript for a book on murdered children in Atlanta and had just finished a new collection of short stories.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- ChildrenKama Bene Bambara Smith
- ParentsHelen Henderson CadeWalter Cade
- RelativesWalter Cade(Sibling)
- Has one daughter: Kama Bene Bambara Smith.
- Inducted into the Georgia Writer's Hall of Fame in 2013.
- Has one a brother: Walter Cade.
- Parents are: Walter Cade, and Helen Henderson Cade.
- "One of the most fertile and avant-garde of the contemporary writers" ... Eleanor Taylor, chair, English Dept., Howard Univ.
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