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Maya Angelou has chronicled her extraordinary life in bestselling autobiographies. Now she shares her most personal story - her relationship with her mother, Vivian Baxter.
Maya Angelou has chronicled her life in a series of bestselling autobiographies. Now, finally, she shares the deepest personal story of her life - her relationship with her mother, the extraordinary and feisty Vivian Baxter.
"The first decade of the twentieth century was not a great time to be born black and poor and female in St Louis, Missouri, but Vivian Baxter was born black and poor, to black and poor parents. Later she would grow up and be called beautiful."
Read by Adjoa Andoh
Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall
A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
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| Role | Contributor |
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| Producer | Jane Marshall |
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- Mon 8 Apr 201309:45BBC Radio 4 FM
- Tue 9 Apr 201300:30BBC Radio 4
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