Maya Angelou: All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes

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Dramatisations of Maya Angelou's evocative and life-affirming autobiographies.

Dramatisations of Maya Angelou's evocative and life-affirming autobiographies, that are amongst the most beautiful, joyous and haunting portraits of 20th-century black America ever

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Maya Angelou's Autobiographies: All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes: Episode 4

All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes

Episode 4

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Maya marches in Accra whilst Americans led by Martin Luther King march in Washington DC.

1963: Maya marches in Accra whilst fellow Americans led by Martin Luther King famously march in Washington DC. Stars Don Gilet.

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.

Maya Angelou's Autobiographies: All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

The fifth volume of  Maya Angelou's extraordinary memoirs.

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