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Maya Angelou was a 20th-century American writer and activist. Maya Angelou was an American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation
  • Politics — Governance, civic duty, and the structures of power
  • War — Reflections on conflict, peace, and the human cost of war

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