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All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes. All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, published in 1986, is the fifth book in African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou's seven-volume autobiography series. Set between 1962 and 1965, the book begins when Angelou is 33 years old, and recounts the years she lived in Accra, Ghana.
- Maya Angelou
- 1986
Sep 18, 2024 · The book, titled All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986), cleverly references the popular spiritual, "All God's Chillun Got Wings." This title hints at the perpetual search for belonging ...
Mar 12, 1986 · And now we come to Maya Angelou 's fifth autobiography; All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes. This is a 240 pages book which has 42 chapters but most of them are super tiny which is perfect if you get easily distracted. Naturally I recommend reading the entire series, but somehow this volume has an independent soul.
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The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” Cite this page as follows: "All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes - Masterpieces of Women ...
Lift up your eyes uponThe day breaking for you.Give birth againTo the dream.Women, children, men,Take it into the palms of your hands.Mold it into the shape of your mostPrivate need. Sculpt it ...
About 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.
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Feb 24, 2010 · As it builds on the personal narrative of , this book confirms Maya Angelou’s stature as one of the most gifted autobiographers of our time. "An important document drawing more much-needed attention to the hidden history of a people both African and American." "This is a superb account by a great woman who has embraced a difficult destiny ...
