![]() ![]() She launched African American women writing in the United States. She will always be the rainbow in my clouds' OPRAH WINFREY 'She moved through the world with unshakeable calm, confidence and a fierce grace. ![]() ' I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity' JAMES BALDWIN ![]() As a Black woman she has known discrimination, violence and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by) 4.2 (412) Paperback 15.49 18.00 Save 14 Hardcover 25.00 Paperback 15.49 eBook 8.99 Audiobook 0. ![]() Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. 95 likes, 0 comments - NC DNCR (ncculture) on Instagram: 'Maya Angelou was best known as a poet and the best-selling author of 'I Know Why the Caged Bird S. Born 4 April 1928, she lived and chronicled an extraordinary life. In this first volume of her seven books of autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s. Dr Maya Angelou was one of the worlds most important writers and activists. This is how we are, what makes us laugh, and this is how we fall and how we somehow, amazingly, stand up again' Maya Angelou 'I write about being a Black American woman, however, I am always talking about what it's like to be a human being. The international classic and bestseller, Maya Angelou's memoir paints a portrait of 'a brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' (BARACK OBAMA). ![]()
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