He kupu na te maia: He kohinga ruri na Maya Angelou
A selection from the collected poems of Maya Angelou, translated into te reo Maori by thirty-four wahine from across Aotearoa.
Rangona ai ko te reo o te tira wahine. He huinga ruri na Maya Angelou, na nga Ika a Whiro o Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo.
Through her illustrious career, African American poet and civil rights leader Maya Angelou has gifted, healed and inspired the world with her words. In this pukapuka, the beauty and wairua of her poems are translated into te reo Maori by a cohort of female graduates from Te Panekiretanga o te Reo, the Institute of Excellence in the Maori Language.
This collection of ruri/poems will warm the hearts of Maya Angelou's most ardent admirers and will also introduce new readers to the legendary poet, activist and teacher.
Presented with English and Maori on facing pages, as well as poetic biographies of each translator, this book is a taonga that welcomes a literary icon to Aotearoa.
