I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings' I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is Maya Angelou's first autobiography, chronicling her life ...

In this sensitively rendered biography of Maya Angelou (1928–2014), the Roops describe how, early in life, “Words whirled and stories spun in Maya’s head and off her lips.” After she ...

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Nigerian Canadian poet, playwright and spoken-word artist Titilope Sonuga released her new album, Sis, earlier this year, ...

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She was the embodiment of the consummate Ailey dancer and the epitome of what poet Maya Angelou called a phenomenal woman ...