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Maya moves to New York to develop her writing, but realises there is much to be improved. Starring Pippa Bennett-Warner.

It's 1959 and Maya has moved to New York, to develop her writing but also to get involved in civil rights.

She's inspired by seeing Martin Luther King Jr give a speech in a local church, and decides to create a show in support of his movement, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Dramatisation of the fourth volume of Maya Angelou's iconic memoirs by Janice Okoh.

Narrator/Maya ...... Adjoa Andoh
Maya ...... Pippa Bennett-Warner
Martin Luther King Jr. ...... Steve Toussaint
John Killens ...... Don Gilet
Stanley Levinson ...... Lewis Bray
Guy ...... Will Romain

Director: Pauline Harris.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.

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14 minutes

Last on

Wed 22 Feb 2023 02:15
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Broadcasts

  • Tue 27 Nov 2018 10:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 27 Nov 2018 19:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 21 Feb 2023 07:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 21 Feb 2023 12:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 21 Feb 2023 17:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 22 Feb 2023 02:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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