You probably have heard of her, but under a different name. Does Maya Angelou ring any bells?
Dancer, actress, singer, writer, playwright and poet, this phenomenal woman strode past many of the societal barriers of her youth, as well as her own personal inhibitions. Maya did not have an easy life, by any means. She was raped multiple times by her mother’s boyfriend, kept silent under threat for her brother’s safety. After the crime was revealed, Maya’s uncles murdered her rapist. The guilt from the entire event weighed like the world itself on the young girl’s shoulders, and she fell silent from the strain. She did not speak for five years, until a kindly neighbor taught her the value of words, and the foolishness of wasting them. After this,
Dancer, actress, singer, writer, playwright and poet, this phenomenal woman strode past many of the societal barriers of her youth, as well as her own personal inhibitions. Maya did not have an easy life, by any means. She was raped multiple times by her mother’s boyfriend, kept silent under threat for her brother’s safety. After the crime was revealed, Maya’s uncles murdered her rapist. The guilt from the entire event weighed like the world itself on the young girl’s shoulders, and she fell silent from the strain. She did not speak for five years, until a kindly neighbor taught her the value of words, and the foolishness of wasting them. After this,