Tamanna

“Yanko allowed me to enter a world strange and fanciful. Although I had to cope daily with real and mundane matters, I found that some of the magic of his world stayed around my shoulders.”
― Maya Angelou, Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas

“It could be fatal, but at least all anxiety would cease. Because of that, I often rushed towards holocausts with an abandon that caused observers to think of me as courageous. The truth was, I simply wanted an end to uncertainty.”
― Maya Angelou, Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas

“For all his theatrics, or maybe because of them, I knew he was a strong man. I had always been more comfortable around strong people.”
― Maya Angelou, Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas

“The images had been provided by movies, books and Pathe News, and none included a six-foot tall Black woman hovering either in the back or in the foreground.”
― Maya Angelou, Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas