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Maya attempts a new dancing career, only it doesn't quite go to plan. Angelou’s evocative memoirs narrated by Adjoa Andoh.

Maya teams up with Poole for a new career in dancing, only it doesn't go to plan.

So when she meets LD, she mistakenly believes he's the man of her dreams.

Poet, writer, essayist, and activist Maya Angelou's extraordinary account of Afro-American life in post-war US.

Narrator (Older Maya) ...... Adjoa Andoh
Maya ...... Pippa Bennett-Warner
RL Poole ...... Samuel Anderson
LD ...... Danny Sapani
Clara ...... Ayesha Antoine

Dramatised by Patricia Cumper.

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2018.

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14 minutes

Last on

Fri 3 Jun 2022 02:15
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

Narrator (Older Maya) Adjoa Andoh
Maya Pippa Bennett-Warner
RL Poole Samuel Anderson
LD Danny Sapani
Clara Ayesha Antoine
Director Pauline Harris
Producer Pauline Harris
Author Maya Angelou
Adaptor Patricia Cumper

Broadcasts

  • Thu 9 Aug 2018 10:45
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Thu 9 Aug 2018 19:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Thu 2 Jun 2022 14:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 3 Jun 2022 02:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Dramatisations of Maya Angelou’s autobiographies, plus specially selected archive.