Skip to main content

A true life story about MAYA ANGELOU

 

Biography of MAYA ANGELOU 

April 4, 1928

On This Day In OUR HISTORY, Maya Angelou


was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1928. She grew up in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. She is an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist.

She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim. She became a poet and writer after a series of occupations as a young adult, including fry cook, prostitute, nightclub dancer and performer, cast member of the opera Porgy and Bess, coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and journalist in Egypt and Ghana during the decolonization of Africa. She was an actor, writer, director, and producer of plays, movies, and public television programs. In 1982, she earned the first lifetime Reynolds Professorship of American Studies at Wake Forest University


  in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was active in the Civil Rights movement, and worked with Martin Luther King ,Jr. 

and Malcolm X. Beginning in the 1990s, she made around 80 appearances a year on the lecture circuit, something she continued into her eighties. In 1993, Angelou recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" (1993) at President Bill Clinton's 

inauguration, making her the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at President John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. 

Angelou died on the morning of May 28, 2014. She was found by her nurse. Although Angelou had reportedly been in poor health and had canceled recent scheduled appearances, she was working on another book, an autobiography about her experiences with national and world leaders. During her memorial service at Wake Forest University, her son Guy Johnson stated that despite being in constant pain due to her dancing career and respiratory failure, she wrote four books during the last ten years of her life. He said, "She left this mortal plane with no loss of acuity and no loss in comprehension

Follow for moreBRAHUMBLE updates:www.brahumble.blogspot.com


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

The full story of AKPLƆ̃MADA

 AKPLƆ̃MADA!! Okomfo Anokye was an Ewe Togbi & the twin of Togbi Tsali ‼️ Tsali and Tsala (alias Okomfo kye) were twin brothers. Their father was Togbui Akplormada. These brothers were mysteriously endowed with potent spiritual powers. Tsala, who later became known as Okomfo Anokye, left Notsie on his sojourn at a youthful age, and finally settled at Awukugua in present day Eastern Region. Because of his spiritual powers, he became known as Okomfo Notsie (in Ewe language, Notsie Hunor) or Notsie priest. In Anlo oral history, we learnt Tsala (Okomfo Anokye) returned to Notsie around 1695 to consult with his brother Tsali before accepting the invitation of King Osei Tutu of Ashanti to help establish his kingdom (Ashanti Kingdom). During the reign of King Opoku Ware, a war broke out around 1746, Tsala (Okomfo Anokye) sought permission from the king to visit his twin brother Tsali at Keteklebi (Fiaxor) to celebrate and fortify himself at the annual Dzawuwu celebration of Mama Adexe...

THE TRUE STORY OF SIKA DWA (GOLDEN STOOL)

 SIKA DWA KOFI (THE GOLDEN STOOL) The Golden stool itself is a mass of solid gold. It stands about a foot and a half from the ground, and the seat is about two (2) feet long and one (1) foot wide. It is treated as a living being, and is named after the manner of Akan child from the day of the week on which it was born: hence it is known as Sika Dwa Kofi.  ‘The Golden stool born on Friday’. It is fed at regular intervals according to Akan calendar, and the cycle of Addae festivals is linked to this. The food prescribed comprises brown sheep, yam and liquor. If it is left angry the stool and the Asante Kingdom it represents, would be considered in danger of dying. The Golden Stool is believed to have descended from the skies about 1700 through the incarnations of Komfo Anokye. The stool was presented to the people as enshrining the soul of the nation and symbolizing the unity and the authority of the Asantehene.  The Sika Dwa Kofi is being regarded as a sacred object, the...

THE TRUE INDEPENDENCE OF TOGO

  "The Rise of Togo: From Colonial Rule to Independence" Tucked away in West Africa, the Republic of Togo has a story of independence that is as unique and inspiring as the nation itself. After over six decades of German and French colonial rule, the people of Togo rose up in the 1960s, demanding the right to self-governance and a future free from foreign interference.  First president of TOGO slyvanus olympio   On April 27, 1960, Togo declared it s independence from France, marking the beginning of a new chapter in the country's history. The road to independence for Togo was a long and difficult one. After World War I, Togo was divided between British and French spheres of influence, with the French taking control of the majority of the country. For decades, Togo was ruled by the French as a colony, with little regard for the rights and needs of its people. In the 1950s, however, a wave of anti-colonial sentiment began to sweep through Togo, fueled by a growing sense of ...