Slide Notes
**Nikki Giovanni is one of the best-known African-American poets who reached prominence during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Her unique and insightful poetry testifies to her own evolving awareness and experiences.
**Nikki graduated with honors in history from her grandfather's alma mater, Fisk University. Since 1987, she has been on the faculty at Virginia Tech, where she is a University Distinguished Professor.
**Nikki Giovanni's "Woman" is, from beginning to end, is a search for identity. It outlines clearly a partnership between a man and a woman where the woman desires support he will not give her. Each stanza is a progression of her attempts to be something and his failure in taking on the role of the "matched pair." Ultimately she finds her strength and independence in herself alone, without "him."
**Nikki graduated with honors in history from her grandfather's alma mater, Fisk University. Since 1987, she has been on the faculty at Virginia Tech, where she is a University Distinguished Professor.
**Nikki Giovanni's "Woman" is, from beginning to end, is a search for identity. It outlines clearly a partnership between a man and a woman where the woman desires support he will not give her. Each stanza is a progression of her attempts to be something and his failure in taking on the role of the "matched pair." Ultimately she finds her strength and independence in herself alone, without "him."
