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"Maya Angelou" (11 results)
Jeremy Isaacs asks American writer Maya Angelou about her life, writing and hopes for the future. What unfolds is a frank and sometimes shocking ...
Writer and poet Maya Angelou reflects on her life and career in conversation with Mark Lawson.
Professor Olivette Otele chooses Maya Angelou, author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Plus this month's book group explores ''I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'' - Maya Angelou's extraordinary autobiography charti...
Writer and civil rights campaigner Maya Angelou tells Dr Anthony Clare about the influences upon her life. From September 1984.
Documentary celebrating the life and work of activist, poet and writer Maya Angelou, using film captured just before she died...
The author's iconic debut charting her childhood with her brother in Arkansas. Narrated by Adjoa Andoh...
Maya Angelou's iconic first memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, was published in 1969. Witness talks about the book to...
The pianist and broadcaster Neil Brand and actor Tiff Stevenson choose books they love. Tiff's choice is I Know Why The Caged Bir...
Plus, Maya Angelou's ground-breaking memoir, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.
Jonathan Fulford talks to the writer Maya Angelou in New York about her life and her writing. We see her reading extracts from her autobiography ...
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