A multifaceted renaissance woman, her poetry spoke to a universal audience. When she passed away the other day, she was hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature. But she communicated in many more ways – as a civil rights and political activist, a playwright, director, actress, composer, singer, dancer and storyteller. President Obama who awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011, speaks of her powerful storytelling of a childhood of suffering and abuse. In her bestselling book, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, she writes about the triumph and pain of being black and the struggles to be free. She advised girls of her ethnic background to love themselves without fear despite their having been continually silenced. “Find the rainbow amidst the clouds”, she would say. Read more: bit.ly/1rrcXmN
Posted on: Sat, 31 May 2014 08:40:03 +0000
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