She Used To Be The Editor Of Arab Observer

Angelou performed in a production of "Porgy and Bess" that toured Europe in 1954 and 1955. She trained in modern dance under Martha Graham, performed on television variety shows with Alvin Ailey, and produced her debut album, "Calypso Lady," in 1957. She relocated to New York in 1958, where she joined the Harlem Writers Guild, played in "Cabaret for Freedom" and appeared in the illustrious Off-Broadway production of Jean Genet's "The Blacks." The Arab Observer, an English-language monthly, was edited by Angelou in Cairo, Egypt, where she relocated in 1960. The next year, she relocated to Ghana where she worked as a feature editor for "The African Review," a writer for "The Ghanaian Times," and a professor at the University of Ghana's School of Music and Drama.

During its run from 1960 to 1966, The Arab Observer was one of the very few English-language news sources in the Middle East. After coming to Cairo, Angelou obtained a position as an editor for the Observer after W.E.B. Du Bois's stepson David falsified her credentials. While traveling in Egypt, Angelou met and wed civil rights leader Vusumzi Make. She had never been a journalist before, but her position at the Observer threw her into the thick of reporting as she worked in a room full of males who had never previously collaborated with a woman.