Maya Angelou, the respected chanteuse, dancer, actor, professor, activist, Pulitzer Prize nominated poet... lets just go with polymath, drops in for a chat with Terry Wogan. Subjects covered include her "hectic" childhood, her countless jobs, the realities of travelling the world as a six-foot black woman, and how the art of conversation can lead to pregnancy...

This clip is from Wogan, originally broadcast 21 October, 1985.




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