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All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, published in 1986, is the fifth book in African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou's seven-volume autobiography series. Set between 1962 and 1965, the book begins when Angelou is 33 years old, and recounts the years she lived in Accra, Ghana.
Dec 10, 2020 · All God's children need travelling shoes. by. Angelou, Maya. Publication date. 1987. Topics. Angelou, Maya, 1928-, Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography, Authors, American, United States Black persons: Angelou, Maya - Biographies. Publisher. London : Virago.
Mar 12, 1986 · All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes. Maya Angelou. 4.28. 7,557 ratings436 reviews. Once again, the poet casts her spell as she resumes one of the greatest personal narratives of our time. In this continuation, Angelou relates how she joins a "colony" of Black American expatriates in Ghana--only to discover no one ever goes home again.
All God’s Children Need Walking Shoes is her lyrical and acutely perceptive exploration of what it means to be an African American on the mother continent, where color no longer matters but where American-ness keeps asserting itself in ways both puzzling and heartbreaking.
Nov 20, 2013 · English. Autobiography (the 5th in a series) The author describes her odyssey to Ghana in the 1960s, meant as a return to her African roots. Over a few years she transformed herself by learning to speak Fanti, dressing in Ghanian style and delving in politics.
Jun 4, 1991 · All God's Children Need Walking Shoes is her lyrical and acutely perceptive exploration of what it means to be an African American on the mother continent,...
Jun 4, 1991 · All God's Children Need Walking Shoes is her lyrical and acutely perceptive exploration of what it means to be an African American on the mother continent, where color no longer matters but where American-ness keeps asserting itself in ways both puzzling and heartbreaking.
- Maya Angelou
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes. Maya Angelou. Random House, 1986 - Biography & Autobiography - 210 pages. The author describes her odyssey to Ghana in the 1960s, meant as a...
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes. Maya Angelou. Random House, 1997 - African American women authors - 208 pages. The author describes her odyssey to Ghana in the 1960s, meant as a return...
Mar 12, 1986 · Maya Angelou. All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes Hardcover – March 12, 1986. by Maya Angelou (Author) 4.7 1,230 ratings. See all formats and editions. "Thoroughly enjoyable . . . an important document drawing more much-needed attention to the hidden history of a people both African and American."--Los Angeles Times Book Review.
- Maya Angelou
