-(TRIBUTE):(« MAYA ANGELOU »,A CULTURAL AND LITERARY VOICE TO REMEMBER »)!(FROM THE « BRITISH PHOENIX MONTHLY NEWSPAPER »)-(June 2014)(« THE TITLE » , « EXTRA ADDITIONS » AND « FOLLOW-UP » ARE FROM THE STAFF(MEDIA MIRROR)(« IMAGE »: »DR MAYA ANGELOU »)
(REMINDER OF FACTS AND BASIS):
-ONE OF AMERICA’S LEADING CULTURAL AND LITERARY VOICES,(DR MAYA ANGELOU) DEATH IN (2014) WILL ALWAYS BE SEEN AS ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST MAJOR LOSES IN LINE WITH THE LIKES OF (GANDHI), (GARVEY), (KENNEDY) AND (MANDELA).
-(GENESIS OF A FAME):
MADE FAMOUS FOR HER (1969) MEMOIR;(« I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRDS SINGS »), WHICH DEALTH WITH RACISM AND FAILY TRAUMA OF HER UPBRINGING,(MAYA);A POET,AUTHOR,ACTIVIST AND ACTRESS,WAS ALSO A PROMINENT CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND A FRIEND OF OTHER PROMINENT FIGURES IN AMERICAN AND WORLD HISTORY;(MARTIN LUTHER KING) AND (MALCOM X).
-SHE WAS HONOURED BY UNIVERSITIES,LITERARY ORGANIZATIONS,GOVERNMENT AGENCIES,SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS INCLUDING A PULITZER PRIZE NOMINATION FOR HER BOOK OF POETRY;(« JUST GIVE ME A COOL DRINK OF WATER »FORE IDIIIE »),A TONY AWARD NOMINATION FOR HER ROLE IN THE( 1973) PLAY(« LOOK AWAY ») AND THREE GRAMMYS FOR HER SPOKEN WORD ALBUMS.
-SHE SERVED ON TWO PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEES AND WAS AWARDED THE « NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS »,THE LINCOLN MEDAL IN (2008) AND THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM IN (2011).SHE WAS ALSO AWARDED OVER A DOZEN HONORARY DEGREES.
-(« DEATH MET (MAYA) ON HER WAY IN (2014):
ON HER DEATH,CIVIL RIGHTS CAMPAIGNER,REVEREND (JESSE JACKSON), WROTE:(« THE RENAISSANCE WOMAN HAS MADE A PEACEFUL TRANSITION.SHE ACTED,SANG,DANCED AND TAUGHT.SHE USED POETRY AS A ROAD FOR PEACE. BEFORE HER DEATH, SHE MADE IT CLEAR IN HER OWN WORDS:( » I BELIEVE THAT EACH OF US COMES FROM THE CREATOR TRAILING WISPS OF GLORY »).
-BORN IN « ST LOUIS »,(MISSOURI),IN (1928),(MAYA) WAS (86).SHE REALLY DESERVES THIS NEW GREAT TRIBUTE BECAUSE THEY HAVE GONE, WON’T BE FORGOTTEN…
(« OFFICIAL SOURCES » FROM THE « BRITISH MONTHLY PHOENIX MAGAZINE »)-( TILLE,EXTRA ADDITIONS AND FOLLOW-UP ARE FROM THE STAFF (MEDIA MIRROIR)(« IMAGE »: »DR ANGELA MAYOU »)