I know why the caged bird sings, Angelou, Maya

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Title: I know why the caged bird sings.
Author: Maya Angelou.
Publisher: Wolters-Noordhoffbv Groningen.
Edition: Blackbirds 1998, first edition 1970.
Pages: 233.

Title explanation
- Caged bird: Maya knows how it is to be caged because she is a black girl and blacks are inferior to whites
- Sings: Like a bird in a cage which sings because it is in his nature to sing, Maya rejoices when there is a major or a minor victory

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- There is no subtitle or motto, only a dedication;
,,This book is ded