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Part of series: Maya Angelou's Autobiography Part 3
Key ideas from the book
- The memoir traces Maya Angelou’s transition into adult life and professional entertainment.
- It follows her efforts to support herself and her young son through changing jobs and relationships.
- The narrative describes her development as a dancer and singer in San Francisco.
- Her work with the touring production of Porgy and Bess connects personal experience with international travel.
- The book examines encounters between Black performers and audiences in Europe and Africa.
About Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou
The third self-contained volume of Maya Angelou’s autobiography follows her movement into adulthood, motherhood, marriage, and professional entertainment. To support herself and her young son, she works in a record shop, marries a white customer, and later returns to the search for work when the relationship ends.
Her career develops from dancing in a San Francisco bar to singing in a popular nightclub and joining the cast of Porgy and Bess. The troupe’s tour through Italy, France, Greece, Yugoslavia, and Egypt forms the book’s centerpiece, bringing together personal change, the demands of performance, and encounters across racial and cultural boundaries.
Published in 1976, this memoir will interest readers of African American autobiography, literary biography, entertainment history, and Maya Angelou’s life and work.
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