![]() ![]() "I'm Maya Angelou - whatever that means to whomever it means - because my mother loved me, and my grandmother loved me, and my brother loved me," she says. When Angelou was young, Baxter sent Angelou and her brother away to be raised by their grandmother years later, she called them back to live with her again, the start of a sometimes fractious but eventually loving relationship.Īngelou says her familial relationships, particularly with her mother, have been crucial in defining her life. Her latest book, Mom & Me & Mom, explores her relationship with her mother, Vivian Baxter. Maya Angelou has lived a life so expansive and extraordinary that, even after seven autobiographies, she still has more stories to tell. Although it took years, Angelou and her mother eventually developed a close and loving relationship. ![]() Maya Angelou and her mother, Vivian Baxter. ![]()
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