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Whilst working for Martin Luther King Jr, Maya gets engaged but also falls for a freedom fighter. Starring Steve Toussaint.

Whilst working for Martin Luther King Jr at the SCLC in New York, Maya becomes engaged to Thomas, a local man.

But at the same time, she falls in love with South African freedom fighter, Vusumzi Make.

After knowing him only a week, she is forced to choose between the two men.

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
Vusumzi Make ...... Danny Sapani
Thomas ...... Don Gilet
Hazel ...... Saffron Coomber

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.

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14 minutes

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Thu 23 Feb 2023 02:15
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Wed 28 Nov 2018 10:41
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  • Wed 28 Nov 2018 19:45
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  • Wed 22 Feb 2023 07:15
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