 Savage akanga ari mumwe wevakadzi vana uye vaviri chete veAfrica vokuAmerica vakagamuchira basa rebasa kubva kuBhodi yeZvirongwa zveNew York Worlds Fair ya1939. Akagadzira Simudza Inzwi Rimwe Nerimwe uye Imba inozivikanwawo se The Harp, yakafuridzirwa nerwiyo naJames Weldon naRosamond Johnson. Chivezwa chejirazi chakareba mamita 16 ndicho chakanga chakakurumbira zvikuru uye chakatorwa mifananidzo yakawanda zvikurusa pamutambo wacho; makopi maduku esimbi echiyeuchidzo akatengeswa, uye makadhi akawanda eposi echidimbu chacho akatengwa. Basa racho rakarondedzerazve chiridzwa chemimhanzi kuti chiratidze pwere 12 dzokuAfrica-America dzaiimba dziri pakakwirira zvishoma nezvishoma semakona acho, nebhodhi rinonzwika reharepa rakashandurwa kuva ruoko noruoko. Pamberi, rimwe jaya rakanga rakapfugama rakapa nziyo mumaoko aro. Savage akanga asina mari yokuriisa mubronze kana kuti kuritakura nokurichengeta. Kufanana nezvimwe zvivako zvenguva pfupi, chivezwa chacho chakaparadzwa pakupera kwemutambo wacho. 