Umuyi waloba ingwalo ezilandisa ngempilo yakhe ekhula emaphandleni kanye lezinye, ezigoqela u I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, A Song Flung Up to Heaven, kanye lenkondlo ethi On the Pulse of Morning, ayibala emkhosini wokugcotshwa kukamongameli Bill Clinton wakhonapha eMelika ngomnyaka ka 1993.
UAngelou, obefundisa ekolitshini le Wake Forest University, ubhubhe ngoLwesithathu ekuseni eseleminyaka engamatshumi ayisitshiyangalombili lasithupha eMelika.
Umuyi waloba ingwalo ezilandisa ngempilo yakhe ekhula emaphandleni kanye lezinye, ezigoqela u I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, A Song Flung Up to Heaven, kanye lenkondlo ethi On the Pulse of Morning, ayibala emkhosini wokugcotshwa kukamongameli Bill Clinton wakhonapha eMelika ngomnyaka ka 1993.
Kungwalo zakhe, uloba ngokuthi wake wasebenza eEgypt leGhana njalo wake wathandana lesizalwane seSouth Africa umuyi uMnu. Vusumzi Make owayeyisiphathamandla seAfrican National Congress eyisiphepheli khonapha eMelika ngomnyaka ka 1961.
UAngelou waloba njalo ukuthi wake wasebenza lobomuyi belwela ukuqeda uncindizelo lwabansundu eMelika uDr. Martin Luther King Junior, kanye loMalcolm X, ngesikhathi seCivil Rights Movement. Ulendodana eyodwa uMnu. Guy Johnson, laye ongumlobi.
