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! In this special broadcast we speak to Lauren Palmor, co-curator of the "Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power" exhibition at the de Young museum through Sunday, March 15, 2020. Visit https://deyoung.famsf.org/exhibitions/soul-of-a-nation                                                      2. We close with a rebroadcast of the Feb. 14 show which includes an interview with Laura Elaine Ellis and Kendra Kimbrough re BCFHN 16 which clo