Still I Rise by Maya Angelou: A Powerful Postcolonial, Feminist, Universal, Timeless Poem of Resistance

The current article analyses the poem Still I Rise, by the African-American woman poet Maya Angelou. Undertaken from a postcolonial feminist angle, the study aims at showing how the poet handles the themes of oppression, pride resistance and victory through common poetic devices. The study also shows that even though the poem is about the oppression of the African-American woman, it has a universal and timeless dimension. The findings reveal that the values that the poet celebrates are applicable to any context in which the oppressed person suffers from a systemic oppression.