All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes

In 1962 the poet, musician, and performer Maya Angelou claimed another piece of her identity by moving to Ghana, joining a community of Revolutionist Returnees inspired by the promise of pan-Africanism. All God's Children Need Walking Shoes is her lyrical and acutely perceptive exploration of what it means to be an African American on the mother continent, where color no longer matters but where American-ness keeps asserting itself in ways both puzzling and heartbreaking. As it builds on the personal narrative of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Gather Together in My Name, this book confirms Maya Angelou's stature as one of the most gifted autobiographers of our time.

Author: Maya Angelou
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 06/04/1991
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.26w x 0.10d
ISBN13: 9780679734048
ISBN10: 067973404X
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
- Biography & Autobiography | Women

About the Author
Poet, writer, performer, teacher, and director Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and then moved to San Francisco. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, beginning with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, she also wrote a cookbook, Hallelujah! The Welcome Table, and five poetry collections, including I Shall Not Be Moved and Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? She died in 2014.