Wanda's Picks

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay

1. Baba Mpho, People of the Sun Collective, Tribute to African Ancestors, Brooklyn, NY

2. Kali O'Ray and Katara Crossley, Virtual SF Black Film Festival Summer 2020 

Ave Montague, founder (postponed)

3. From the Archives: Oyafunmike Ogunlano, actress, "Sankofa," Apr. 4, 2012

4. From the Archives: Libations for the Ancestors June 8, 2012

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

Gems from the Archives today as we continue to breathe and resist!

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

Music: Wadada Leo Smith's Don't You Remember; Kim Nalley's Cold Duck; Zion Trinity's Opening Prayer for Esu Legba

Archival Shows: Drs. Goddard and Nunley re: ABPsi's Webinar, Friday, June 5, 1-3:30 PM PST. Visit Facebook.com/TheABPsi.

We close with an interview with Joanna Haigood about a work that explores historic Black Bayview Hunter's Point: "Picture This."

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

 

1. Patrica Nunley, Ph.D., teacher-educator, Traditional African Healer who uses the medicine of education to fight against the disease of “Ignorance” and  Lawford L. Goddard, Ph.D. , sociologist/demographer who received his doctoral degree from Stanford University with a minor in Education, join us to talk about ABPsi's Black by Design II: A Diaspora Experience, June 5, 2020, 1-3:30 PM PT. Visit baabpsi.com

 

2. Africa is More than Ebola, from the archives

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 

1. Ahjamu Umi is a longtime organizer for the All African Peoples Revolutionary Party on three continents and the Caribbean.  He holds a Masters Degree in Econ/Political Science.  He is a prolific blogger on issues impacting the world at www.abetterworld.me and he has written and published four books. 

Brother Umi joins us to talk about Global African Liberation Day, May 25, 2020

https://www.facebook.com/AfricanLiberationDayWorldwide/

https://africanliberationday.net/

2. Bertram Clark re:The African American Veterans (rebroadcast exceprt)https://www.blogtalkradio.com/wandas-picks/2019/02/06/wandas-picks-radio-show

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 

Melanin Magic Sessions Take 16: A special series of shows featuring healers who will leave us with tools we can use to strengthen ourselves during a time when isolation is encouraged while the soul cries for communion.

We start with a conversation with Haitian attorney, writer, activist, playwright, poet: Ezili Danto (Marguerite Laurent (colonial name). http://www.margueritelaurent.com/bio.html (postponed)

We rebroadcast an interview with Amiri Baraka on Malcolm X.

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

Join us for an evening of improvational storytelling with Yeye Luisah Teish and Ms. Jovelyn Richards as Voodoo Queen and Ms. Pat. Ms. Pat has a boarding house her friend, the Voodo Queen, likes to visit when she's in town. They let me record their conversation for a listening audience, if I promised to not interrupt. 

This evening is part two of a three (3) part series, 7 p.m. 3rd Sundays through June 21. Pull up a chair, fill a cup with tea leaves and sit back and enjoy. 

We reboradcast instead from eight (8) years ago a  show which featured Jovelyn Richards

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/wandas-picks/2012/07/11/wandas-picks-radio-show

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

1. ADRSA Founding Director, Iya Dr. Funlayo E. Wood-Menzies and Gilbert Kobina Bouhairie, Founder of The God Box Foundation, join us to talk about the Film Fridays kick off Friday, May 15, 2020 at 8 pm est. https://www.facebook.com/AfricanDiasporicRSA

2.Quest for Democracy is May 18, 2020

https://prisonerswithchildren.ourpowerbase.net/2020DQ4DOrgRSVP

We are joined by London Croudy, Elder Freeman Fellow in COMMUNICATIONS and Succatti Shaw, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, STAFF ORGANIZER/HOUSING.

3. Rene Marie rebroadcast

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

1. ADRSA Founding Director, Iya Dr. Funlayo E. Wood-Menzies and Gilbert Kobina Bouhairie, Founder of The God Box Foundation, join us to talk about the Film Fridays kick off Friday, May 15, 2020 at 8 pm est. https://www.facebook.com/AfricanDiasporicRSA

2.Quest for Democracy is May 18, 2020

https://prisonerswithchildren.ourpowerbase.net/2020DQ4DOrgRSVP

We are joined by London Croudy, Elder Freeman Fellow, COMMUNICATIONS FELLOW

 

Succatti Shaw, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, STAFF ORGANIZER/HOUSING