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. Pam Africa, International Friends and Families of Mumia Abu Jamal; Ramona Africa, MOVE Organization re: Bay Area Tour in San Jose at Evergreen Valley College, Montgomery Hall (Friday, 10/16, 12-4), Freedom Archives Hall, 518 Valencia St., SF (10/16, 7 PM); Niebyl Proctor Library, Oakland (Sat., 10/17, 7 PM); Sun., 10/18, 2-5 pm, 2251 Florin Rd, Sacramento, CA 95822 - Suite 126

2. From the archives: Long Distance Revolutionary, dir. Stephen Vittoria (2013)

2. Tiearea Robinson, Lecturer at a lecturer, Dept. of Africana Studies, Cal State University, Dominguez Hills, Friends of the Negro Spirituals Heritage Keeper 2015.

4. Jeff L. Lieberman, Re-Emerging Films, director, The Amazing Nina Simone which opens in New York with an art exhibit, Oct. 15-18. www.amazingnina.com

Song: To Be Young Gifted and Black from Youtube