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    Episode 5A Song Flung up to Heaven

    5/5Maya Angelou is set to work for Martin Luther King when tragedy strikes.

    Episode 4A Song Flung up to Heaven

    4/5Maya is reunited with Martin Luther King and agrees to work with him.

    Episode 3A Song Flung up to Heaven

    3/5Maya’s ex appears and their love reignites, but a night out at the movies spells a change.

    Episode 2A Song Flung up to Heaven

    2/5Maya moves to Los Angeles where she witnesses the Watts race riots of 1965

    Episode 1A Song Flung up to Heaven

    1/5Maya is to start working for Malcolm X, but tragedy strikes when he is assassinated.

    Episode 5All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes

    5/5Maya finally discovers her African roots.

    Episode 4All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes

    4/5Maya marches in Accra whilst Americans led by Martin Luther King march in Washington DC.

    Episode 3All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes

    3/5Maya dates Sheikhali, a rich trader from Mali, but cannot accept his proposition.

    Episode 2All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes

    2/5Maya is attempting to assimilate into Ghanaian life with a job at a university.

    Episode 1All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes

    1/5The fifth volume of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary memoirs.

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