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! Today we speak to Adewale Ige, College of Alameda Scholar in Professor Jody Campbell's African Diaspora History class, about Dr. Carter G. Woodson and African American Heritage Month.  We have a rebroadcast with two-time Grammy winner Todd "Speech" Thomas about the film, 16 Bars: One Jail, One Recording Studio, directed by Sam Bathrick, which opens Fri., Feb. 7- Tues., Feb.13, 2020 in San Francisco at the Four Star. The director will be pr