Ghetto Book Notes: All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou

Ghetto Book Notes: All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes is a fascinating account of Maya Angelou's stay in Ghana during the Civil Rights era. She vividly describes life as an expatriate, including cultural clashes with Ghanaians, her son's transition to manhood, meeting Malcolm X (she had planned on joining Malcolm's new movement, the Organization of Afro-American Unity, prior to his assassination) the death of W.E.B.  Du Bois, and a love affair. The event that was most memorable to me was her visit to the Volta region in eastern Ghana (I think it was the Volta region) where local Voltarians insisted that she is a descendant of a woman in their village who was abducted and sold into slavery. You can preview the book @ Google Books.
tags: Malcolm X, Organization of Afro-American Unity, Maya Angelou, w.e.b. du bois, Ghana

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