A ÁFRICA DE MAYA ANGELOU

What is it about?

This article aims to reappraise Maya Angelou’s journey on African soil, through the critical reading of her autobiographical narrative about the period in which she lived in Ghana. From a broad perspective of cultural analysis, this study directs attention to the quest for identity of this African-American author in her relationship with Africa and its meanings.

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Why is it important?

The characteristics of Angelou’s writing are investigated in parallel with the themes that motivate her work in order to distinguish her appropriation of the autobiographical genre. Her identity as a black diasporic subject, who recounts her own experiences beyond the historical limits of colonialism, reveals a unique African heritage which finds its means of cultural struggle in creative imagination.