Maya
...sh, Italian, and West African Fanti. Maya had a career in drama and dance. She had ten best-selling books published and was in a number of magazine articles. Maya was among the first African-American women to hit the best sellers list with "I know why the caged bird sings." Maya Angelou is a poet, historian, author, actress, playwright, civil rights, activist, producer and director. Maya published ten best-selling books. Maya Angelou is more than just another famous woman, she is a role model and inspiration to the world. Her simple motto, "I am human and nothing human can be alien to me" is a statement related to love. This simple sentence touched many a people. Love each other, that is what her life is about. "The honorary duty of a human being is to love, and love I will," Maya Angelou said, quoting from her work. Maya Angelou gave hope to the hopeless and inspiration to the world. Through her poems and stories she has made us realize the role we play, or rather need to start playing. She made alot of people get up off there butts and do something about the decaying world which lies around us. Maya Angelou has given me alone, hope that I can make a difference in our slowly dying world. Her poems speak about the turmoil our world is in. She encourages us to love, love, and love. In her poem "Human Family", Angelou says, "We are more alike, my friends, then we are unlike." Maya's poems, which include "Equality" and "These yet to be United States", show the pain of humanity and the ignorance o...