Volume : III, Issue : I, January - 2014

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Maya Angelou is an African American writer, actress, and poet. Her works focus on the state of women’s lives in a male dominated society. Her first work I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings deals with the problems of Black American women in the years following the civil rights movement, a celeation of Black motherhood; a critique of racism, a quest for independence and personal dignity. The article focuses on the racial discrimination and male psyche described in the novel.

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