Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Labari: Shekaru huɗu bayan haka, uban yaran "ya zo Stamps ba tare da faɗakarwa ba" kuma ya mayar da su ga uwarsu a St. Louis. A lokacin da take da shekara takwas, yayin da take zaune tare da mahaifiyarta, wani saurayi mai suna Freeman ya yi lalata da ita kuma ya yi mata fyade. Ta gaya wa ɗan'uwanta, shi kuma ya gaya wa sauran iyalin. An sami Freeman da laifi amma an daure shi na kwana ɗaya kawai. Kwana huɗu bayan da aka sake shi, an kashe shi, wataƙila ta wurin kawunan Angelou. Angelou ta yi shiru kusan shekaru biyar, tana gaskatawa, kamar yadda ta bayyana, "Na yi tunani, muryata ta kashe shi; Na kashe wannan mutumin, saboda na faɗi sunansa. Sai na yi tunanin ba zan sake yin magana ba, domin muryata za ta kashe kowa". A cewar Marcia Ann Gillespie da abokan aikinta, waɗanda suka rubuta tarihin rayuwa game da Angelou, a lokacin wannan lokacin shiru ne Angelou ta haɓaka ƙwaƙwalwarta ta musamman, ƙaunarta ga littattafai da adabi, da ikon sauraro da kuma lura da duniyar da ke kewaye da ita. Jim kaɗan bayan kisan Freeman, Angelou da ɗan'uwanta sun koma wurin kakansu. Angelou ta yaba wa malami da abokiyar danginta, Mrs. Bertha Flowers, don taimaka mata ta sake magana. Flowers ya gabatar da ita ga marubutan kamar Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Douglas Johnson, da James Weldon Johnson, marubutan da za su yi tasiri a rayuwarta da aikinta, da kuma mata masu fasaha irin su Frances Harper, Anne Spencer, da Jessie Fauset.Lokacin da Angelou ke da shekaru 14, ita da dan uwanta sun koma tare da mahaifiyarsu, wanda tun daga lokacin ya koma Oakland, California. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Angelou ya halarci Makarantar Ma'aikata ta California. A lokacin da take da shekaru 16, ta zama bakar fata ta farko da ke jagorantar motar mota a San Francisco. Tana son aikin sosai, tana sha'awar kayan aiki na masu aiki <unk> sosai cewa mahaifiyarta ta kira shi "aikin mafarki". Mahaifiyarta ta ƙarfafa ta ta bi wannan matsayi, amma ta yi mata gargaɗi cewa za ta bukaci ta zo da wuri kuma ta yi aiki fiye da sauran. A shekara ta 2014, Angelou ta sami lambar yabo ta rayuwa daga...  Tambaya: Wanne ne cikin iyayen ya yi wa Angelou fyade?
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