US mourns author and activist Maya Angelou
President Obama describes Maya Angelou as a “brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman”.
Published On 28 May 2014
American poet, author and activist, Maya Angelou, has died at the age of 86.
Angelou died on Wednesday morning at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, her son, Guy B. Johnson, said in a statement.
She was best-known for her 1969 memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”.
President Barack Obama called her “a brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman.”
Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher looks back at her life.
Source: Al Jazeera