Wanda's 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. Karla M. Wynn Diouf has served as ADACI’s Director of Public Relations since 1994; Francisco J. Tovar B.,Venezuelan scholar and activist, also director and Founder of the Institute of Afro-Diasporic Studies (IEA); Luther Gray, Ashé Cultural Arts Center, with Danys “LaMora” Perez-Prades, dir. Oyu Oro Experimental Dance Ensemble from Cuba and Francisco Mores (musician). 

2. Trevor R. Getz & Soumyaa Behrens join us to talk about Abina and the Important Men: A Graphic History, the film having its world premiere as a part of the SF Black Film Festival, free screening at the deYoung Museum, 6 p.m., Fri., June 16. 

3. L. Peter Callender, Artistic Director, African American Shakespeare Company joins us to talk about The Winter's Tale opening, June 9 and continuing through June 17.