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4 days ago · Maya Angelou died on May 28, 2014, aged 86. In the words of Barack Obama, she was ‘A truly phenomenal woman’. Talented, generous, and inspiring, her memoirs, poetry, and activism provided a rallying call of the need for strength, kindness, and resilience in the face of all kinds of discrimination.
1 day ago · Angelou was a highly accomplished, award-winning writer, with over 36 honorific titles including, multiple Grammy Awards for spoken word albums and her iconic poem, ‘Phenomenal Woman’. This poem was perhaps her most known piece of work, as it brought her recognition from a wide range of audiences.
4 days ago · Maya Angelou at the BBC Bonnie Greer looks back on the extraordinary life of one of literature’s most significant and inspirational figures, Maya Angelou, through an exploration of the...
2 days ago · Oprah Winfrey said holding back tears, “Maya Angelou is the greatest woman I have ever known, she was my anchor. So it’s hard to describe to you what it means when your anchor shifts.” Maya Angelou, one of America’s most famous and inspirational women and poets, passed away in her home on May 28th in Winston-Salem, North Carolin.
3 days ago · Twitter. Writer, educator and activist Maya Angelou talks to TIME about her unusual relationship with her mother, why she likes guns, and why she has written seven autobiographies.
4 days ago · BBC Four presents “ Maya Angelou at the BBC ,” an insightful documentary commemorating the life and legacy of the iconic American writer, poet, and activist, Maya Angelou, on Sunday, 26 May 2024, at 9.00 pm.
5 days ago · When Maya Angelou came to Scotland to connect with Burns. 2024-05-25 - ALISON ROWAT. IT is not traditional to mark a bank holiday with a gift, but here you go: Maya Angelou at the BBC (BBC4, Sunday, from 9pm). Besides a profile by Bonnie Greer and an Imagine from 2017, the evening contains Angelou on Burns, starting at 10pm.
