Wanda's Picks Radio: Black Art and Culture

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 new season we will be looking at the work of Octavia Butler, Ibaye. Ancestor, visionary, and writer of the Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents series. In each episode, we will explore an aspect of this work. For our first show will talk about recovery, as in family dysfunction and disease. 

Oya, the orisha is featured prominently in the story as the protagonist's name is Laura Oya Olamina. When we meet Lauren, July 20, 2024, she is 15. 

We close with Val Serrant's "Te Mi Adoya."

Music: The Transformer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FndKGoZxIG8&t=2s

Powerful Oya:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U_lS_hfKqE