Maya Angelou has been played on NTS in shows including SNO, featured first on 18 April 2017. Songs played include Still I Rise, A Dirge for Xmas/When I Think About Myself (Music: Black Incense) and Calypso Blues.

Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928. She grew up in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. She is an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist. She is best known for her autobiographical books: All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986), The Heart of a Woman (1981), Singin' and Swingin' and…