In her massive volumes of poetry are A Brave and Startling Truth (1995), The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994), Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993), Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987), I Shall Not Be Moved (1990), Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? ... Harold Bloom, the distinguished professor at Yale University, has included Angelou in his series of study guides, an tribute that puts her as a significant writer of literature. Today, Angelou lives in North Carolina and is a Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University, where she has been appointed to a ...

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This study discusses the varied cultural reactions in the United States and Sierra Leone created by the slave ship revolt in 1839. ... She studies the Amistad story to show us the historic and modern significance of the slave ship revolt and its following trials. ... " In the introduction the author guides us through her history of Sierra Leone and how she never really heard the story of the Amistad revolt, as she would have liked too. ... In "Remembering the Past," Iyunolu Osagie studies the Amistad story as a literary trope in African American prose, poetry, and drama, and as an histori...

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• Has Bibliography
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Children, if not guided and monitored properly, may experience some adverse effects of watching television. ... To avoid these consequences, children should be carefully monitored and guided while ensuring minimum freedom and choice. ... Present day children are subjected to so much stress as a part of studies in school that a minimum amount of relief and entertainment is not only desirable but also essential for their well-being. ... Programs focussing on arts and literature may prompt children to use their own creativity and discover their own abilities like poetry, painting, music and da...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate