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!

This morning we hosted in Zoom via Facebook.com/ wandasabir "Growing Up in the Nation of Islam." Today, Feb. 26, is a day known as Savior's Day, the day our Black God was born. The meeting included Wanda Sabir as host with childhood friends Verna Owens Brooks, Zakiyyah Mahasin and other members of the community who were our big sisters: Marva Reed, Raja Hayat, Sister Wafiyyah and Sister Nisaa Bismillah. 

We will close with an archived show from Feb. 12, 2021 with Elisha Greenwell, Black Joy Parade 2021; Afiya Madzimoyo, M.S.W., joins us to talk about Black Love Day 2021, Sat., Feb. 13; Spell #7 @Celebration Arts in Sacramento, opens its season, Feb. 11, directed by Melinda Wilson Ramey, Ph.D., with choreography by Linda S. Goodrich, Ph.D., they join us to talk about playwright Ntozake Shange's remarkably astute work about Black identity.