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Gather Together in My Name

Aged 17 and a single mother, Maya falls in love. Extraordinary memoirs of an extraordinary life, starring Pippa Bennett-Warner.

1945, San Francisco: Aged 17, and a single mother, Maya falls in love, but sinks into the world of prostitution and narcotics...

The second instalment of autobiographies by poet, essayist, writer and activist Maya Angelou.

Omnibus of five parts.

Narrator (Older Maya) ...... Adjoa Andoh
Maya ...... Pippa Bennett-Warner
Curly ...... Sope Dirisu
Bailey ...... Paapa Essiedu
Uncle Charley ...... Anthony Ofoegbu

The books 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.

Dramatised by Patricia Cumper

Directed by Pauline Harris

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in August 2018.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Sun 5 Jun 2022 07:20

Broadcasts

  • Sat 11 Aug 2018 13:00
  • Sun 12 Aug 2018 01:00
  • Sun 5 Jun 2022 07:20