Audre Lorde ( / ˈ ɔːd r i ˈ l ɔːr d / ; An haifi Audrey Geraldine Lorde ;Fabrairu 18,1934 - Nuwamba 17, 1992)marubuci Ba'amurke ne, farfesa, masanin falsafa, mawallafin mata,mawaƙi kuma mai fafutukar kare hakkin jama'a .Ta kasance mai bayyana kanta "baƙar fata, 'yar madigo,mai son mata,mai ra'ayin gurguzu,uwa,jarumi,mawaƙi,"wacce ta sadaukar da rayuwarta da basirarta don fuskantar kowane irin rashin adalci,kamar yadda ta yi imanin ba za a iya samun "babu matsayi na zalunci".[1]
A matsayinta na mawaƙi,ta shahara wajen ƙwarewar fasaha da bayyana ra'ayi, da kuma waƙoƙinta masu nuna fushi da fushi ga rashin adalci na jama'a da zamantakewa da ta gani a tsawon rayuwarta.A matsayin mai zane-zane,an kira isar da ita mai ƙarfi,waƙa,da ƙarfi ta Gidauniyar Waƙa.Kasidunta da karatuttukan nata sun shafi batutuwan da suka shafi yancin jama'a,ƴancin mata, madigo, rashin lafiya da naƙasa,da kuma binciken baƙar fata mace.[2]
