What's this? This is an unbiased just-the-facts news summary about Maya Angelou. To see the full newsline, click the red tabs below. Love news? Become a contributor now!

5 Jun, 2014

Make, Angelou marry

Marriage0 Comments

Angelou marries Vusumzi Make. They move to Cairo Egypt where Angelou works as a writer and teacher, and as the editor of The Arab Observer. Make is a South African civil rights activist and lawyer. On her first encounter with him, she writes in her book The Heart of a Woman:

His accent was delicious. A result of British deliberateness changed by the rhythm of an African tongue and the grace of African lips. I moved away after smiling, needing to sit apart and collect myself. I had not met such a man. He was intense and contained. His movements were economical and delicate. And he didn’t seem to know that he was decidedly overweight. He was a warrior, sure of his enemies and secure with his armament.

0 0 votes
Article Rating
Subscribe
Notify of
guest
0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments