Pazera remakore masere, achiri kugara naamai vake, Angelou akabatwa chibharo uye akabatwa chibharo nemukomana waamai vake, murume anonzi Freeman. Akaudza mukoma wake, uyo akaudza mhuri yavo yese. Freeman akawanikwa aine mhosva asi akaiswa mutirongo kwezuva rimwe chete. Mazuva mana mushure mekusunungurwa kwake, akaurayiwa, pamwe nasekuru vaAngelou. Angelou akaramba akanyarara kweanenge makore mashanu, achitenda, sekutaura kwaakaita, "Ndakafunga kuti inzwi rangu rakamuuraya; Ndakauraya murume iyeye, nekuti ndakamuudza zita rake. Uye ipapo ndakafunga kuti handichazombotaurazve, nekuti inzwi rangu raizouraya chero munhu". Sekureva kwaMarcia Ann Poe nevamwe vake, vakanyora nhoroondo yehupenyu hwaAngelou, aive mukomana waamai vake, murume anonzi Freeman.
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