Maya Angelou at Centenary College: Kim-Marie Walker

Posted At : May 22, 2008 1:00 AM
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From "Author dazzles, inspires audience" by staff writer Donna Toups of The Conglomerate of Centenary College of Louisiana, March 22, 1990 and used by permission.

Contributed by Rochelle Ruthchild of Boston. Read by Kim-Marie Walker: "Anytime I hear Maya Angelou speak, write, or sing is a golden moment." Kim-Marie is an author, musician, and technical writer who resides in Alaska. Check out her books, CDs, and nationwide writing services at www.onyxcommunications.com.

On March 6, 1990, Maya Angelou spoke at Centenary College of Louisiana. She described a performance she gave in Morocco:

‘She stood before more than 4000 Arabs and sang a slave song passed to her from her grandmother. As the entire audience rose to their feet and cheered for her, she understood the significance.

"Finally, I came to understand that great literature belongs to all people of all times. What it means to say is that someone has been lonely before you. Someone has thought of suicide before you. Someone has been sexually upset before you. Someone has been abused and neglected before you. And yet someone has come through and survived. That is what literature is supposed to do."'

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