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Maya Angelou: The Autobiographies

Six BBC Radio 4 Dramatisations

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Maya Angelou: The Autobiographies

By: Maya Angelou
Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner, Indie Gjesdal, full cast
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Six BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of Maya Angelou's evocative, extraordinary memoirs, starring Adjoa Andoh and Pippa Bennett-Warner

The books that make up the life and times of Maya Angelou are among the most beautiful and haunting pieces of autobiography ever written. Joyous, direct and searingly honest, they run the gamut from life-affirming to tragic, and back again.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings charts Maya’s childhood in the Deep South in the 1930s; while Gather Together In My Name recounts her descent into prostitution and narcotics. Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas sees her forging a career in showbusiness, and in The Heart of a Woman, she moves to New York and becomes involved in civil rights. All God’s Children Need Travelling Shoes explores her time in Ghana during the 1960s, and in A Song Flung up to Heaven, she returns to America to work with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. When tragedy strikes, her friend James Baldwin helps her out of her devastation – and new opportunities beckon for Maya.

Angelou’s memoirs have become modern classics, beloved worldwide, and these stunning dramatisations illuminate her incredible resilience, creativity and power, painting an extraordinary portrait of 20th century black America.

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Better than expected story with Stellar performances. Sort of a Fictional Reality - life imitating art.

Really Great!

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Using audible for this autobiography was beyond great. I was intrigued the entire time. I was excited to listen to the story of her life and learned so much. The story was so realistic I was completely immersed at all times. I laughed and cried. I truly loved it.

That was the best books I never read. Amazing,

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I loved every morsel and meaty story! I can see why Mya Angelou was so loved. She is such a decadent writer 💕

Esqisite and exceptional!

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Loved it,
one of the first authors I fell in love with as a teen. I felt as if I walked with her on her journey of life.

Poetic songstress & trailblazer

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Her life story is so amazing!! I absolutely enjoyed this audible; I didn't want the story to him.

I love Maya Angelou

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I listened to Maya's "I know why the caged bird sings", the version she narrates herself. I absolutely loved hearing her voice, dialect, pronunciations, and emotions come out in her words, overall adding to the entire feel of the story of her life. But, when I started this series narrated by Pippa, her forced and inauthentic voice and annunciations left a lot to be desired. I am not finishing the download. Moving on to my next selection...

Disappointed greatly

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Ms. Angelou’s life doesn’t deserve to be forced into a Reader’s Digest condensed feel. But it’s probably a feature of the staged treatment. And I don’t know if it’s just me or what, but these performed versions of her autobiographies don’t feel true. I’d prefer to hear these simply read. A far cry from Maya Angelou’s voice delivering I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.

Disappointedly condensed and “performed”

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