A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Maya Angelou's poignant powerful autobiography starring Adjoa Andoh and Indie GjesdalAbandoned by their parents Maya and her older brother Bailey are sent to live with their grandmother and uncle in the small Southern town of Stamps in Arkansas. Struggling with rejection they endure the prejudice of their white neighbours and suffer several racist incidents.One day their father unexpectedly returns and takes the children to live with their mother in St Louis Missouri. Aged only eight Maya is abused by her mother's boyfriend an experience that haunts her for a lifetime. Filled with guilt and shame she refuses to speak to anyone except Bailey—until she meets Mrs Bertha Flowers who encourages her love of books helping her to find her voice and regain her own strong spirit.Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide which recounts a youth filled with curiosity wonder disappointment frustration tragedy and hard-won independence. This radio dramatisation starring Adjoa Andoh and Indie Gjesdal plays out her extraordinary story with dramatic verve and poetic brilliance.Cast:Narrator (Older Maya)—Adjoa AndohMaya—Indie GjedsalBailey—Roshawn HewittMomma—Cecilia NobleUncle Willie—Richard PeppleSteward—John LightbodyGirl—Francesca EliseDramatised by Patricia CumperProduced by Pauline Harris
Conversations on LoveeAudiobook Borrow Natasha Lunn / Natasha Lunn Roxane Gay Greg Wise Lemn Sissay Juno Dawson Melanie Reid Stephen Grosz Mira Jacob Ayisha Malik Sarah Hepola Susan
