Maya Angelou is an accomplished poet, writer, performer, teacher, and director. Born in St. Louis, she was raised
in Stamps, Arkansas, and then went to San Francisco. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, beginning
with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, she has also written five poetry collections, including I Shall Not Be Moved
and Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?
Review
"Angelou's journey into Africa is a journey into herself, into that part of every Afro-American's soul
that is still wedded to Africa, that still yearns for home."
--Chicago Tribune Book World
Random House, Inc. Web Site, August, 2003
Summary
"Thoroughly enjoyable . . . an important document drawing more much-needed attention to the hidden history
of a people both African and American."
