Black Feminism in Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise"

Maya Angelou is a writer and poet who cares and wants to raise the degree of black women. It is portrayed in her works and in her poems entitled “Still I Rise”. In these two poems, Maya Angelou explains about the idea of black feminism and invites black women to rise and be confident. In this, the writer analyse what “Still I Rise” talk about, and how “Still I Rise” portray the idea of black feminism. “Still I Rise”, there is clash among black women versus white people (both male and female) and black men. Black women suffer because of bad treatment of white people who consider them slaves, and because black men derogate them. Because of that, black women would do anything to rise from white people and black men’s oppression. “Still I Rise” depicts black women rise struggling against slavery and racism.