Maya is reunited with her estranged mother, where she suffers a traumatising sexual abuse.

Maya Angelou's iconic debut autobiography powerfully evokes her life as a child in 1930s America - illuminating her incredible life, her resilience, creativity and power.

Narrator (Older Maya) ...... Adjoa Andoh
Maya ...... Indie Gjesdal
Bailey ...... Roshawn Hewitt
Momma ...... Cecilia Noble
Mother ...... Ellen Thomas
Freeman ...... Richard Pepple
Lawyer ...... John Lightbody

Dramatised by Patricia Cumper.

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018. Show less