All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Maya Angelou
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Memoir, Travel writing
- Subjects: African Americans, Civil rights, Culture, Self-discovery, Acting or actors, Africa or Africans, Current events, Genealogy, Homelessness or homeless people, Job hunting, Journalism or journalists, Memory, Mothers, Parents and children, Perception, Traveling or travelers, Voyages
- Locales: Ghana, Manhattan, NY
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes is about hopelessness and repeats the theme of displacement. However, in this instance, the sense of displacement is more complex than in I Know Where the Caged Bird Sings. In the 1960's, Angelou travels to what she believes is the place of her African roots, hoping that this country will fill the vacuum she feels for home. By returning to the land of her ancestors, where all are black regardless of color, she hopes to find and perhaps recognize “home.” She joins other black Americans also questing for identity and...
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