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Growing up with Maya Angelou and Sindiwe Magona: A Comparison

2002; African Journals OnLine; Volume: 29; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

2071-7474

Siphokazi Koyana, Rosemary Gray,

South African History and Culture

This article compares and contrasts Angelou's “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” and Magona's “To My Children's Children,” in order to examine the emerging sense of female selfhood within the larger political and cultural structures of the United States and South Africa during the 1940s and 1950s.