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!

We open with Mahen Bonetti and Ekwa Msangi re: African Film Festival, Inc. @ Pacific Film Archive: bampfa.berkeley.edu, (510) 642-5249 (tickets), http://www.africanfilmny.org/ We close with Miguel Zenon re: Identities are Changeable: http://miguelzenon.com/ Music: De Donde Vienes? (Overture); Second Generation Lullaby; Same Fight. Mark Lomax's #BlackLivesMatter Pt.2

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!

We open with Mahen Bonetti and Ekwa Msangi re: African Film Festival, Inc. @ Pacific Film Archive: bampfa.berkeley.edu, (510) 642-5249 (tickets), http://www.africanfilmny.org/ We close with Miguel Zenon re: Identities are Changeable: http://miguelzenon.com/ Music: De Donde Vienes? (Overture); Second Generation Lullaby; Same Fight. Mark Lomax's #BlackLivesMatter Pt.2

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!

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!

We rebroadcast our show from January 2, 2012. It is an update on US sanctions against Zimbabwe with cultural worker, entrepreneur, Ayotunde Akindele. This interview is followed with a conversation with archivist Bill Doggett whose historic art display at the Bayview Opera House January 2012-13 in honor of the 150 Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. We close with a live converation with Dr. Mark Lomax whose latest work #BlackLivesMatter will be released January 15. He joined us to talk about the genius of the work which like his esteemed Isis and Osirus is also in three movements: Amerikkka, Stop Singin and Start Swingin, Black, Beautiful and Powerful. Listen at http://marklomaxii.com/blacklivesmatter Other musicians and music: Gina Breedlove, Kim Nalley and Janis Joplin.

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!

We rebroadcast our show from January 2, 2012. It is an update on US sanctions against Zimbabwe with cultural worker, entrepreneur, Ayotunde Akindele. This interview is followed with a conversation with archivist Bill Doggett whose historic art display at the Bayview Opera House January 2012-13 in honor of the 150 Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. We close with a live converation with Dr. Mark Lomax whose latest work #BlackLivesMatter will be released January 15. He joined us to talk about the genius of the work which like his esteemed Isis and Osirus is also in three movements: Amerikkka, Stop Singin and Start Swingin, Black, Beautiful and Powerful. Listen at http://marklomaxii.com/blacklivesmatter Other musicians and music: Gina Breedlove, Kim Nalley and Janis Joplin.

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!

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!

From the Archives

1. Barry "Shabaka" Henley Mingus-Remixed

2. Africa is More than Ebola

Special Live Interview

3. Live interview with L.Peter Callendar (Robert Mugabe) & Leontyne Mbele-Mbong (Grace Mugabe) in Breakfast with Mugabe at Aurora Theatre in Berkeley tonight, Dec. 19 and Sat., Dec. 20, 8 p.m. Visit auroratheatre.org or call (510) 843-4822.

Music: Anthony Brown's "Afro-Blue"; Babatunde Lea's "African Tapestry" (Prayer for a Continent)

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!

From the Archives

1. Barry "Shabaka" Henley Mingus-Remixed

2. Africa is More than Ebola

Special Live Interview

3. Live interview with L.Peter Callendar (Robert Mugabe) & Leontyne Mbele-Mbong (Grace Mugabe) in Breakfast with Mugabe at Aurora Theatre in Berkeley tonight, Dec. 19 and Sat., Dec. 20, 8 p.m. Visit auroratheatre.org or call (510) 843-4822.

Music: Anthony Brown's "Afro-Blue"; Babatunde Lea's "African Tapestry" (Prayer for a Continent)