From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz   
      
   African-American writer and activist.   
   Born Marguerite Annie Johnson, St.Louis, Missouri, 1928.   
      
   For about five years in her childhood, she was mute (did not speak), as   
   a reaction to traumatic events. This was an important factor in   
   determining the direction of her life.   
      
   "Maya": a childhood nickname given by her brother   
   "Angelou": from Angelos, a Greek man she was married to 1951-54.   
   She took on the exotic name at a time when she was working as a   
   night-club "calypso" dancer.   
      
   Her writings are familiar to many school children these days, but have   
   been banned in some places.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou   
      
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