Book
All God's children need traveling shoes / Maya Angelou.
The author describes her odyssey to Ghana in the 1960s, meant as a return to her African roots. Over a few years she transformed herself by learning to speak Fanti, dressing in Ghanian style and delving in politics. But after encountering racial prejudice and losing her son in a car crash, she returned to America.
Record details
- ISBN: 0394521439
- Physical Description: [11], 210 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition: 1st Random House edition
- Publisher: New York : Random House, c1986.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Autobiography (the 5th in a series). "A signed first edition of this book has been privately printed by the Franklin Library"--Prelim. p. [5]. |
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| Subject: | Angelou, Maya. Authors, American > 20th century > Biography. African American women authors > 20th century > Biography. Entertainers > United States > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
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Summary:
The author describes her odyssey to Ghana in the 1960s, meant as a return to her African roots. Over a few years she transformed herself by learning to speak Fanti, dressing in Ghanian style and delving in politics. But after encountering racial prejudice and losing her son in a car crash, she returned to America.
