When young, she was certain that Shakespeare must have been a black girl to understand her life so well. A speaker of Fanti, she edited Cairo's Arab Observer and taught at university in Ghana. Nominated for an Emmy after acting in Roots, her newest book is A Song Flung Up to Heaven. She read "I Shall Not Be Moved" at Clinton's inauguration, and is best known for the story of her Arkansas childhood
When young, she was certain that Shakespeare must have been a black girl to understand her life so well. A speaker of Fanti, she edited Cairo's Arab Observer and taught at university in Ghana. Nominated for an Emmy after acting in Roots, her newest book is A Song Flung Up to Heaven. She read "I Shall Not Be Moved" at Clinton's inauguration, and is best known for the story of her Arkansas childhood. For ten points, name this author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
When young, she was certain that Shakespeare must have been a black girl to understand her life so well.
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