Wanda's Picks Radio Show, Friday, August 2, 2019

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!

Guests: 
1. Dr. Patricia Nunley, ABPsi Western Regional Representative 2019-2021, joins us to talk about her new position -- theme Dr. Theopia Jackson 2017-2019 President Elect selected: Fortifying for the Future and Beyond, and recent conference where it was announced. She will also introduce Dr. Zethu Cakata who currently works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Africa, in Tshwane (Pretoria) South Africa.  Dr. Zethu is in town to present her workshop: Ubugqirha: A Healing Beyond the Western Gaze, 4-6 p.m., at 459 W. MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA. For information about ABPsi visit: www.abpsi.com or call (510) 450-1830. 

2. We rebroadcast a segment of the Wed., July 31 show that features human rights activist and playwright Regina Evans who is performing her work, 52 Letters at Ubuntu Theatre Project over the next few weeks.  She is joined by Oakland native, vocalist, and culture and wellness advocate, Rashida Chase. 

We don't get to Regina and Rashida before the time is up. Listen here  However, we do rebroadcast an interview with Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, director, "Toni Morrison: Pieces that I Am" and Antoine Hunter, Real Urban Jazz Dance about his 2nd Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival.

Music: Vukani Mwethu's Sizongana or Coming Home; Sowethu Gospel Choir's Malaika


Radio show link: http://tobtr.com/s/11446947

Dr. Patricia Nunley is the newly elected Western Region Representative for the Association of Black Psychologist or ABPsi.  In addition to working as an educational consultant for Nubian Consult she is a tenure tracked professor at the City College of San Francisco in the Child Development Department.  Dr. Nunley embraces classical African thought on human development and functioning in her teaching and comprehension of optimal functioning for non-Western young children. Dr. Nunley identifies herself as a “Healer” whose medicine is “education”.  She frequently travels to South Africa to learn more about indigenous knowledge, on one of her trips she had the good fortune to meet Dr. Zethu Cataka, our featured guest.

Dr. Zethu Cataka

Currently work as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Africa, in Tshwane (Pretoria) South Africa. Has played a significant role in the re-writing of the Psychology curriculum to reflect the knowledges and the understanding of human functioning of the indigenous Afrikan people. Uses her native language IsiXhosa to excavate African epistemologies that address the meaning of being human to Afrikans. Has recently written on indigenous concepts of counselling, child development and the importance of Indigenous African languages as languages of education. Also done work on understanding indigenous names and naming practices. Involved in a community project entitled “Learning from the Elders” whose aim is to engage in conversations with the elders in order to recover the language of human functioning. This project will lead into the development of a glossary App of IsiXhosa human behavioural concepts as well as a documentary featuring interviews with the elders. Is also a creative writer, her first anthology  of poetry was a finalist at the 2019 National Institute for Human and Social Sciences (NIHSS)  Awards. The anthology is titled ‘Twin Tongued: Azinian Double Speak. Working  towards the publication of her other creative works.