Item category 2: Black & Asian Interests

Maya Angelou's poetry - lyrical and dramatic, exuberant and playful - speaks of love, longing, partings; of Saturday night partying, and the smell and sounds of Southern cities; of freedom and shattered dreams.

A selection of poems by Maya Angelou, including her inaugural poem for President Clinton, "On the Pulse of the Morning". Other work by the author includes "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", "Gather Together in My Name", and "I Wouldn't Give Nothing for My Journey Now".

He was a son of Africa who became father to a nation and, for billions of people around the world, a beacon of hope, courage, and perseverance in the face of opposition. Now, acclaimed poet Maya Angelou honours the life and remarkable soul of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa and N...

This is the stunning portrait of Vivian Baxter Johnson: the first black woman officer in the Merchant Marines, purveyor of a gambling business and rooming house, and mother to one of our most cherished literary treasures. Anyone who's read the classic, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings', knows May...

Reissued, this is the 3rd volume in the Maya Angelou's autobiography. In this volume, music and her son are the focus of her life. She is on the edge of a new world - marriage, show business and a triumphant tour of "Porgy and Bess".

The final volume of Maya Angelou's autobiography begins in 1964 when the author returned to the USA during its great period of upheaval and social change. She reports on this tragic period in her own inimitable and insightful way.