Category: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

Born on April 4 1928 in St. Louis Missouri. An author, poet ,civil rights activist, actress and dancer. Maya Angelou was simply impossible to define. She is best known for her critically acclaimed 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which made literary history as the first nonfiction bestseller by an African American…

Maya Angelou was a writer who writes about and records all her enjoyable experiences. Shes a writer who went through a traumatic event that led her to becoming almost completely mute. Maya is best-known as a writer and for her numerous books. Although born in St. Louis, Angelou spent much of her childhood in the…

Maya Angelou is a prolific writer who is regarded as women’s poet laureate and her poems are considered as the anthems of African  Americans. She is not only a poet but also a memorist, novelist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, film maker and civil right activist. Angelou is one of the most renowned and…

The history of African-Americans begins with slavery. African people were first brought to British North America as indentured servants in 1619, where they were not recognized as citizens, rather, as a commodity. The laws enacted at the time ensured the continuation of the restrictive social order, which was based on a racial hierarchy which dictated…

In recent history, United States has formed distressed communities which can be traced back to the beginning of the civil rights movement. African American are usually excluded from economic progress and are given less opportunities due to pervasive segregation, discrimination and the resulting problem of perception (Ajilore, 2019). In larger measure, any response to a…

Professor Joseph Campbell states a hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. The monomyth created by Campbell is a common pattern that is found in great mythical heroes. Maya Angelou is an example how everyday people can follow Professor Campbells monomyth . Throughout Angelous autobiography, I Know…

Wouldnt they be surprised when one day I woke out of my black ugly dream, and my real hair, which was long and blonde, would take the place of the kinky mass that Momma wouldnt let me straighten? (4) A theme in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is Angelous identity struggle as a…

In 1969, an autobiography hit bookshelves across the nation, ushering topics such as racism, identity, sexual assault and literacy to the forefront of American culture. Forty-eight years later, the words of Maya Angelou are as relevant today as they were the day they were published. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is Angelou’s first…