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A Song Flung Up to Heaven is the sixth book in author Maya Angelou's series of autobiographies. Set between 1965 and 1968, it begins where Angelou's previous book All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes ends, with Angelou's trip from Accra, Ghana, where she had lived for the past four years, back to the United States.
- Maya Angelou
- United States
- 2002
- Autobiography
Jan 1, 2002 · A Song Flung Up to Heaven is the sixth and final instalment of Maya's six-part autobiography, spanning the years 1964-1968. It is a heart-rending volume. It begins on her return to the US after years in Ghana, where her son has chosen to stay behind.
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A Song Flung Up to Heaven opens as Maya Angelou returns from Africa to the United States to work with Malcolm X. But first she has to journey to California to be reunited with her mother and brother. No sooner does she arrive there than she learns that Malcolm X has been assassinated.
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Aug 11, 2020 · A song flung up to heaven. by. Angelou, Maya, 1928-. Publication date. 2002. Topics. Angelou, Maya, 1928-, African American authors -- 20th century -- Biography, Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography, Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography, African American authors, Authors, American, Civil rights workers, United States ...
Apr 1, 2003 · the old ark's a-movering. and I'm going home. Nineteenth-century American spiritual. The old ark was a Pan Am jet and I was returning to the United States. The airplane had originated in Johannesburg and stopped in Accra, Ghana, to pick up passengers.
Apr 1, 2003 · A Song Flung Up to Heaven opens as Maya Angelou returns from Africa to the United States to work with Malcolm X. But first she has to journey to California to be reunited with her mother and brother.
Apr 2, 2002 · Read by the author 4 CDs, 5 hours The culmination of a unique achievement in modern American literature: the six volumes of autobiography that began more than thirty years ago with the appearance of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings A Song Flung Up to Heaven opens as Maya Angelou returns from Africa to the United States to work with Malcolm X ...
