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Dramatisation of the fourth volume of Maya Angelou's iconic memoirs. It's the late 1950's and Maya has moved to Los Angeles. She receives an unexpected visit from singing legend Billie Holiday. Billie came back a further four times to spend her evenings with Maya and Maya's son Guy, shortly before she died. Dramatised in five parts by Janice Okoh. Maya /Narrator ...... Adjoa Andoh Maya ...... Pippa Bennett-Warner Billie Holiday ...... Nina Sosanya Guy ...... Will Romain Wilkie ...... Steve Toussaint The books that make up the life and times of Maya Angelou are some of the best, most beautiful and haunting pieces of autobiography written. They run the gamut from life affirming to tragedy and back again with a tone that is a joyous, direct and searingly honest, and are an extraordinary portrait of 20th century black America. Director: Pauline Harris First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in November 2018.