Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20190107 | After her son's road accident, Maya's helped by the kindness of Ghana's famous poet and playwright Efua Sutherland. She's also helped by ex-pat's living close by, whom she names as the revolutionary returnees'. As a group of Black Americans they are all hoping to assimilate into Ghanaian life, but it's not quite as they expected. The fifth volume of Maya Angelou's extraordinary memoirs. Dramatised in five parts by Patricia Cumper. Narrator - Maya - Adjoa Andoh Maya - Pippa Bennett Warner Guy - Tristan Slowley Julian Mayfield - Cyril Nri Efua Sutherland - Gbemisola Ikumelo Director: Pauline Harris First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019. Dramatisations of Maya Angelou's evocative and life-affirming autobiographies. |
| 02 | 20190108 | 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
Director: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019.
Maya is attempting to assimilate into Ghanaian life with a job at a university. Dramatisations of Maya Angelou's evocative and life-affirming autobiographies. |
| 03 | 20190109 | 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
Director: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019.
Maya dates Sheikhali, a rich trader from Mali, but cannot accept his proposition. Dramatisations of Maya Angelou's evocative and life-affirming autobiographies. |
| 04 | 20190110 | 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
Director: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019.
Maya marches in Accra whilst Americans led by Martin Luther King march in Washington DC. Dramatisations of Maya Angelou's evocative and life-affirming autobiographies. |
| 05 | 20190111 | On Maya's return from Berlin Malcolm X writes asking for her to work for him back in the USA.
She goes on one last journey in Ghana and makes a startling discovery about her family's descent.
Conclusion of the fifth volume of Maya Angelou's extraordinary memoirs.
Dramatised by Patricia Cumper.
Narrator, Maya ...... Adjoa Andoh
Director: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019.
Maya finally discovers her African roots. Dramatisations of Maya Angelou's evocative and life-affirming autobiographies. |