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Maya Angelou's Autobiographies

All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes

Episode 3

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Maya continues her quest to assimilate into Ghanaian life.

She hires a boy whose true identity takes her by surprise, and when she dates a rich Mali trader, Sheikhali, there’s a clash of cultures.

The fifth volume of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary memoirs.

Dramatised by Patricia Cumper.

Narrator, Maya ...... Adjoa Andoh
Maya ...... Pippa Bennett-Warner
Sheikhali ...... Danny Sapani
Kojo ...... JP Opong
Otu ...... Cyril Nri
Kojo’s Grandfather ...... Ben Onwukwe

Director: Pauline Harris

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

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