After a run in with European professors at the university where Maya works, she’s humbled by an older local servant who offers wise advice.

Maya also befriends a local hairdresser, who believes she's been cursed.

The fifth volume of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary memoirs.

Dramatised by Patricia Cumper.

Narrator, Maya ...... Adjoa Andoh
Maya ...... Pippa Bennett-Warner
Steward ...... Ben Onwukwe
Comfort ...... Gbemisola Ikumelo
Mamali/TD ...... Cyril Nri

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019. Show less