Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Omnibus)

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Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (Omnibus)

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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

Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (Omnibus): I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

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The author's iconic debut, charting her childhood with her brother in Arkansas.

The author’s iconic debut charting her childhood with her brother in Arkansas. Narrated by Adjoa Andoh starring Indie Gjedsal.

Maya Angelou's iconic debut memoir. This beautiful evocation of Angelou's life in the Deep South, begins in 1931. 

As an infant Maya and her brother, Bailey are sent to live with their grandmother in Arkansas. Annie, whom they call Momma, runs the only store in the black section of Stamps and becomes the central moral figure in Maya's childhood. 

Narrator ( Older Maya) ...... Adjoa Andoh
Maya ...... Indie Gjedsal
Bailey ...... Roshawn Hewitt
Momma ...... Cecilia Noble
Uncle Willie ...... Richard Pepple
Steward ...... John Lightbody
Girl ...... Francesca Elise

Omnibus of five episodes dramatised by Patricia Cumper

Director: Pauline Harris

First of six volumes of autobiographies. The books that make up the life and times of Maya Angelou are some of the best, most beautiful and haunting pieces of autobiography written . They run the gamut from life affirming to tragedy and back again with a tone that is a joyous, direct and searingly honest, and are an extraordinary portrait of 20th century black America.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018.

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