Ubuhle base-Afrika baseMelika: Isishoshovu u-Angela Davis, owazalwa ngoJanuwari 26, 1944, eBirmingham, e-Alabama ngesikhathi lapho kwakugcwele khona ubandlululo nokungezwani kwezombusazwe.

Abazali bakhe babengothisha, futhi kusukela ebuntwaneni bakhe, uDavis omncane wayegxilisiwe endaweni yobukhomanisi, futhi usevele ethola ukuthonya kwalokho okuzoba yimibono yakhe yezepolitiki, kanye nokukholelwa kwakhe kwefilosofi.

Ngo-1960, wachitha iminyaka emibili efunda eSikoleni se UFrancfurt ihlelwe nguTheodor Adorno. Kusukela ngo-1963 kuya ku-1964, wenza izifundo eParis, wabe esebuyela eMassachusetts e-University of I-Brandeo. Ngemuva kokuthola ilayisense lakhe ngo-1965, wahamba waya eJalimane eyokwenza ezinye izifundo. Emuva e-United States eCalifornia e-University of San Diego, wathola iziqu ze-master ngo-1968. Kukuwo lowo nyaka lapho aba yilungu leqembu lamaKhomanisi, nabamnyama panters. Imali yakhe kuwo womabili amaqembu akhe, wayebhekwe kakhulu nguhulumeni wase-United States.

Ngemuva kokufundisa unyaka ongu-1 eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia e I-Los Angeles, uxoshiwe. Lokhu kuxoshwa kwabangelwa ikakhulu yilungu lakhe eqenjini lamaKhomanisi. Ngo-1970, waba ngowesifazane wesithathu emlandweni ukubekwa ohlwini lwe-FBI's Most Wanted List.

Esolwa ngokuhlela ukukhulula uGeorges Jackson, i-FBI yayikholelwa ukuthi u-Angela Davis wayehlome iziboshwa eGcekeni laseMarin County. Bekufanele kuphele amasonto amabili ebalekela amaphoyisa. Ngaleso sikhathi, umuntu wayekwazi ukubona uphawu oluthunyelwe ezindlini eziningi, lapho umuntu ayengafunda khona: "Angela udadewethu, wamukelekile kulendlu". Ekugcineni watholakala ngamaphoyisa ehhotela ngemuva kokusolwa ngokubulala nokuthumba. Uchithe izinyanga eziyi-16 ejele kanti wonke amacala akhe awanikwa wonke amacala.

Ngo-1971, kwashicilelwa izindatshana zakhe lapho ayichaza khona inkolelo yakhe emfundisweni yobukhomanisi nangemicabango yakhe ngokucindezelwa ngokobuhlanga. Ngemuva kokuqiniseka ngabangane bakhe, wayibhala i-autobiography yakhe futhi walwela ukhetho lwe-1980, ngaphansi kwemibala yeqembu lamaKhomanisi.

« Abesifazane, Ubuhlanga futhi class Ishicilelwe ngonyaka we-1981 yaba yingqayizivele yobungqingili. Ngo-1989 washicilela iqoqo lokuqala lezinkulumo zakhe kusukela ngo-1983 kuya ku-1987, elalinesihloko esithi "Abesifazane, Amasiko kanye ezombusazwe ". Namuhla, u-Angela Davis uyaqhubeka nomzabalazo wakhe wezepolitiki nowenhlalo. Ungumfundi we-theorist ophumelele futhi oqeqeshiwe, ufundisa eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia eSanta Cruz futhi uyaqhubeka nokunikeza izinkulumo.