Summary of Maya Angelou's All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes

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#1 I had brought my son Guy to enter the University of Ghana in Accra. I planned staying for two weeks with a friend of a colleague, settling Guy into his dormitory, then continuing to Liberia to a job with the Department of Information.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822513587

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I had brought my son Guy to enter the University of Ghana in Accra. I planned staying for two weeks with a friend of a colleague, settling Guy into his dormitory, then continuing to Liberia to a job with the Department of Information.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The author’s son was in a coma after being in a car accident. The man who caused the accident stood at the foot of the bed, swaying. The author's body yearned for his scrawny neck. She turned her face away from the scoundrel and looked at her son.

#2

I was back on the street with an empty basket in my hands, and my head swimming in the lonely air. I did know some people who would receive me, but reluctantly because I had nothing to offer them.

Insights from Chapter 3

#1

I was in Ghana, and while I was initially excited to meet new people and explore the country, I soon became homesick and depressed. I felt as if I had met no one, knew no one, and had lived my entire life as the bereft mother of a seriously injured child.

#2

I was taken to Efua Sutherland’s house, a poet, playwright, and the head of Ghana’s National Theatre. She knew the president and