Maya is struggling to find a way forward, and has returned to her Grandmother in Arkansas.

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
Momma ...... Cecilia Noble
LC ...... Sope Dirisu
Recruiter ...... John Lightbody

Dramatised by Patricia Cumper.

Director: Pauline Harris

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