"Thoroughly enjoyable. . . An important document drawing more much-needed attention to the hidden history of a people both African and American." --Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Maya Angelou regards the world and herself with intelligence and wit; she records the events of her life with style and grace." --Washington Post Book World

"Angelou's journey into Africa is a journey into herself, into that part of every Afro-American's soul that is still wedded to Africa, that still yearns for a home." --Chicago Tribune Book World