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!  Del Sol founder Charlton Lee with Genny Lim, featured poet at Sat., Feb. 20, concert Stephanie Ann Johnson, Ph.D. joins us to talk about her work: "Binding Ties, The 16th Street Station," up at Oakland Theater Project through March 6.  We close with a conversation with David Johnson, co-founder of Umbra and the Black Arts Movement, poet, activist, journalist, historian, to talk about El Hajj Malik El Shabazz.  Music: Kerwin Young's In the