Maya teams up with Poole for a new career in dancing, only it doesn't go to plan.

So when she meets LD, she mistakenly believes he's the man of her dreams.

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
RL Poole ...... Samuel Anderson
LD ...... Danny Sapani
Clara ...... Ayesha Antoine

Dramatised by Patricia Cumper.

Director: Pauline Harris

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