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 Eb

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/ htt

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

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 te

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

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

1. Mr. Guy Forchion, Executive Director, Virginia Key Beach Park Trust with Board Member, Dr, Gene Dinizulu Tinnie join us to talk about the historic Virginia Key Beach's 75th Anniversary https://virginiakeybeachpark.net/ 2.  Leroy F. Moore Jr., Founder of the Krip-Hop Nation, joins us to talk about two programs, Disability Justice and Covid-19, May 8, 4 p.m., and Corona19 Artistic Flow, May 16, 2-5 PM PT, featuring top names in Krip-Hop.   3. Camellia Moses Okpodu (born January 24, 1964 in Portsmouth, Virginia), Professor of Biology and Dean of Arts and Sciences at Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA), New Orleans, LA, join us to talk about the Black Mother.  4. Mrs. Sadie Williams, 96, born in Houston, TX, joins us to talk about being a mother.   

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 12: 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. 1. Karla Brundage, Colossus and Anuj Nijhawan, co-founder of Shuffle, join us to talk about the Weekend of Words! Friday, May 8-Sunday, May 10.  https://wow.shuffle.do https://wandasabir.blogspot.com/2020/05/wandas-picks-radio

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 11: 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. 1. Marvin X, editor, and Michael Satchel, screenwriter, l join us to speak about his new work, "Tariq,(the Moor)" an historic story of the African General in Spain. https://blackbirdpressnews.blogspot.com/2020/04/book-release-t

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 10: 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'd like to open the show with something about jazz, and McCoy Tyner and the improvisational nature of life-- Black life and Muhammad B. Hanif, Charles Curtis Blackwell, and Damu Sudi Alii join us to talk about it.  1. Mina

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 9: 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 open the show with Tosin Aribisala, drummer, percussionist, singer, composer, who hails from Lagos, Nigeria. He joins us to talk about his single, released earlier this year, and Africa Rising (2016) and other projects.  

We open with guests: Deborah A. Wright, a retired Reference Librarian/Administrator from the College of Charleston’s Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture (Charleston, SC, USA; Dr. David L. Horne, the International Facilitator for the Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC) and the Pan African Diaspora Union (PADU), an international umbrella organization of Diasporans & Nvasekie N. Konneh, a Liberian writer, poet, magazine publisher, community and cultural activist. We will talk about SEHWAH Liberia, Inc., a local Liberian NGO and the Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC) its United States based Pan African counterpart's Proposal for COVID-19 Awareness and Food Assistance in Liberia beg. 4/20 so that families can stay safe during the crisis. Donations can be sent via Cash apps or Zelle @ $KDonzo or 571-237-9159, and Mr. Nvasekie Konneh 267-826-3952. 2.  Zarinah Shakir is the Producer/Host of the award winning Perspectives of Interfaith, a TV program taped and aired at the Arlington Ind

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 one 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.  Soundtrack:  Cannonball Adderley Autumn Leaves 10:59 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpB7-8SGlJ0 McCoy Tyner & Ravi Coltrane - Walk Spirit Talk Spirit – LIVE (12:52 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dFtZbha29M Chuck Mangione Feels So Good (9:42 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FExBwfQHXlE Luisah Teish (also known as Iyanifa Fajembola Fatunmise) is a teacher and an author, most notably of Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals. She is an African-American, born in New Orleans, Louis

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 7: 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. 1. Rhodessa Jones, Medea Project: theatre for Incarcerated Women, Cultural Odyssey, joins us in a prerecorded interview to talk about The Ressurrection of She at Brava Theatre, March 28-April 7, 2013. Yes, it is an archived in

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 6: 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. Rebroadcast the Bill Withers who passed April 3, 2020 and Dr. King, who was killed April 4, 1968, Special Radio Show aired 4/4/2020.  https://wandasabir.blogspot.com/search?q=bill+withers

Melanin Magic Sessions Take 5: 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. 1. Shekhem Samerit Kau (aka Marcus Gary) joins us to talk about Ausar Auset Society West Coast Chapter's workshop series: Ancient Tools for Successful Living-- Virtual Workshops, Sun., April 12, 12 noon PT. Based in Oakland, CA Shekhem Samerit Kau has 26 years experience in the application of holistic living and Wellness as a member of the Ausar Auset Society. Backed with 17 years experience with Qi gong and Chinese medical science, He is an Instructor of Qi Gong, Yoga, Meditation, Male Virility, Bazi Astrology and Digital Meridian Imaging. Shekhem is a graduate of UC Berkeley with a Bachelors Degree in Architecture and a minor in Structural Engineering. Also holds a Masters of Civil Engineering from Stanford University with a focus in Construction Engineering and Management. www.facebook.com