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Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou b1928
Viewing the Century
22 November 1998  Radio 3

Maya Angelou talks to Hermione Lee about

   Audioall art being autobiography and confession   3 min 5

   Audiothe predicament of black Americans at the end of the 20th Century  8 min 43

   Audiothe relationship of black Americans with Africa  3 min 20

   Audiohow she would like to be remembered  1 min 29


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Maya Angelou
Black American author and poet

"I love to write because...it offers me the enigma of my life." Maya Angelou's prose depicts her personal history, her pride as a black woman and racial issues.
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Maya Angelou at the Hay Festival 2002



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