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Radio 3,42 mins

Maya Angelou Interview, 1998

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American poet, playwright, actor and civil rights activist Maya Angelou talks to Hermione Lee about her life, the problems facing the black community in America, the Clinton administration, the difficult relationship between Africa and America, and how she would like to be remembered. Originally broadcast on Radio 3’s Viewing the Century on 22/11/1998

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