Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou is a very triumphant woman. She has written many books and poems that have given her great success. If one would talk to her, he or she would think she has lead a normal, happy life. Her life is blissful now, but it wasnt always perfect. Maya Angelous sorrowful life experiences inspired her to write autobiographical works of poetry.
Maya Angelou was born April 4, 1928 as Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis. She was raised in a segregated rural town in Arkansas. She came from a broken home. Angelou was raped at eight, and was an unwed mother at 16 years old (Williams 1). In spite of her tragic childhood, she still managed to become one of the greatest black poets of the twentieth century (Williams 1). Angelou is a poet, an author, a historian, an actress, a playwright, a civil-rights activist, a producer, and a director. Maya Angelou began her career in drama and dance. She married a South African freedom fighter and lived in Cairo. Later she also taught in Ghana. In the 1960s she said that being black, female,
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