Maya and supporters march in Ghana to echo Martin Luther King’s 1963 monumental march in Washington DC. Their yearning for full citizenship in the US is laid bare once more.

She and her group of ex-pats are inspired by a visit from Malcolm X.

The fifth volume of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary memoirs.

Dramatised by Patricia Cumper.

Narrator, Maya ...... Adjoa Andoh
Maya ...... Pippa Bennett-Warner
Julian Mayfield ...... Cyril Nri
Vicki ...... Gbemisola Ikumelo
Malcolm X ...... Don Gilet

Director: Pauline Harris

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