Aunt Sally based on a blackface doll itself inspired by a low-life character named "Black Sal", which appeared in an 1821 series of novellas entitled "Life of London" by Pierce Egan, a contemporary of Charles Dickens. The game dates back to the 17th century, although the name "Aunt Sally" may have been a later addition. It was traditionally played in central English pubs and fairgrounds. An Aunt Sally was originally the modelled head of an old woman with a clay pipe in her mouth; the object was for players to throw sticks at the head in order to break the pipe. The
The Heart of a Woman first album, "Miss Calypso", was released; it was reissued as a CD in 1995. According to Als, Angelou sang and performed calypso music because it was popular at the time, and not to develop as an artist. As described in "The Heart of a Woman", Angelou eventually gave up performing for a career as a writer and poet. According to Chuck Foster, who wrote the liner notes in "Miss Calypso's" 1995 reissue, her calypso music career is "given short shrift" and dismissed in the book. The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn, As a lone bird, soft