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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
After her traumatic experience, Maya finds hope in Mrs Flowers.
Episode 4
Aged 15, Maya visits her estranged father on a chaotic and surprising trip to Mexico.
Episode 5
Maya starts work on the San Francisco trams and her life changes forever.
Gather Together in My Name
Episode 1
It's 1945, and Maya is a 17-year-old single mother.
Episode 2
Maya is a single mother sliding into the world of prostitution.
Maya returns to her grandmother in Arkansas.
Maya teams up with Poole for a new dancing career.
Maya slips into the world of prostitution and narcotics.
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
Maya Angelou's third volume of memoirs, covering her tour of Porgy & Bess
Maya gets a job as a dancer in a strip bar.
Maya auditions for Gershwin's world-famous opera, Porgy and Bess.
Maya tours internationally with Porgy and Bess
Maya returns home after a long international tour with Porgy and Bess.
The Heart of a Woman
Maya gets an unexpected visit from singing legend Billie Holiday.
Maya moves to New York to develop her writing but realises there is much to be improved.
Maya meets South African freedom fighter Vusumzi Make, and her life changes forever.
Maya’s in love but bored so she creates a group for women to effect change.
Maya works as associate editor of a newspaper in Egypt but faces a crisis with Vus.
All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes
The fifth volume of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary memoirs.
Maya is attempting to assimilate into Ghanaian life with a job at a university.
Maya dates Sheikhali, a rich trader from Mali, but cannot accept his proposition.
Maya marches in Accra whilst Americans led by Martin Luther King march in Washington DC.
Maya finally discovers her African roots.
A Song Flung up to Heaven
Maya is to start working for Malcolm X, but tragedy strikes when he is assassinated.
Maya moves to Los Angeles where she witnesses the Watts race riots of 1965
Maya’s ex appears and their love reignites, but a night out at the movies spells a change.
Maya is reunited with Martin Luther King and agrees to work with him.
Maya Angelou is set to work for Martin Luther King when tragedy strikes.
