Un billet d'avion pour l'Afrique by Maya Angelou

4.23 AVERAGE

steller0707's review against another edition

4.0
I've been reading through the autobiographies of Maya Angelou. This is the next for me - fifth in the series of seven written by this extraordinary woman. The title derives from a Negro Spiritual, and describes Angelou's years spent in Ghana in the early 1960s. She became part of the ex-pat community and felt both at home because of her ancestry and apart because she was immediately recognized as a Black American. Although she made many Ghanaian friends she was surprised at the attitudes of the people who wondered why she would leave America. Angelou felt they did not understand the conditions of race relations in America.

I enjoyed this book and the adventures she describes as she discovers Ghana. But I feel the best of the series so far was the first, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."

jeanclaire's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

shinysarah28's review against another edition

4.0
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scottishlindsay's review against another edition

4.0
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nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

3.5
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maddyvohland's review against another edition

4.0
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designwise's review against another edition

5.0
The Maya Angelou's years spent living and working in Ghana in the early 1960s, as one of the "Revolutionist Returnees," a group of African-Americans seeking to rediscover and rejoin their severed roots, holds many surprises for the reader. She meets many powerful African leaders and American notables including Malcolm X and W.E.B. Du Bois. Her writing and storytelling is vivid and exposes many of the surprises and the struggles she experienced, none of which I will reveal--I hate spoilers. I loved the book and the conclusion is nothing less than spectacular.

echo_finished_cake's review against another edition

3.0
I really enjoyed the perspective on race from Maya Angelou. It was refreshing, practical and entertaining.

dcsilbertrust's review against another edition

4.75
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misa97's review against another edition

5.0
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