Maya Angelou: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

The first of six dramatisations of Maya Angelou's autobiographies, starting with her iconic debut charting her life as a child. Dramatised by Patricia Cumper.

In 1931, when she was an infant, Maya's parents divorced and sent Maya and her brother Bailey to live with their paternal grandmother in rural Stamps, Arkansas. Their grandmother, whom they called Momma, ran the only store in the black section of Stamps and became 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

• Producer: Pauline Harris for BBC Radio 4

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