Ingrid Lewis presents the first of two programmes on black American women writers.
1: Our Mothers' Voices, Men and Boxes
Black American novelists Paule Marshall , Rosa Guy and Terry MacMillan , the "blues" singers of our time, talk about their work and the cultural censorship they have experienced.
With extracts performed by Beverley Andrews , Buffy Davies ,
Alibe Parsons , Clarke Peters , Ricco Ross and Richard D Sharp.