Just one week after I set foot in America, I met Nina Simone—and the dream that I had sheltered since I was four years old began its journey toward reality.
Author: Brenda Flanagan
Brenda Flanagan is the Edward Armfield Senior Professor of English at Davidson College and an award-winning novelist, essayist, poet and playwright. She has represented the U.S. as a cultural ambassador in 12 countries. Brenda emigrated to the U.S. in 1967 and went to work as an au pair for Nina Simone before earning her B.A., Masters and Ph.D at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.