Itakos Project is proud to present two great secondlife photographers, Cecilia Nansen and Maloe Vansant, united in the project to interpret a poem about women, inspiring on the contemporary African American poet Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and she was a cast member