1986
ALL GOD'S CHILDREN NEED TRAVELING SHOES
Maya Angelou
Chart History
5 weeks on the Hardcover Nonfiction list, peaking at #11
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. But after encountering racial prejudice and losing her son in a car crash, she returned to America.
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- Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 234
- Publisher
- Random House
- Google rating
- 5.0(1)
Biography & Autobiography
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