Wanda's Picks Radio Show, Wed., Jan. 22, 2020

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!

1. Anne C. Bailey, author, "The Weeping Time, Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History" is an historian, and professor of History and Africana Studies at SUNY Binghamton (State University of New York). In her works of non- fiction, she combines elements of travel, adventure, history, and an understanding of contemporary issues with an accessible style. She is a US citizen who grew up in Jamaica, WI and in Brooklyn, New York. Bailey is committed to a concept of “living history” in which events of the past are connected to current and contemporary issues. She is also concerned with the reconciliation of communities after age old conflicts like slavery, war and genocide. Her non-fiction book, African Voices of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Beyond the Silence and the Shame (Beacon Press) and her current work, The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History, (just published, Cambridge University Press, 2017) reflect that commitment.

2. Joanna Haigood re: "Sailing Away" (2012)

3. Dara Kell, director, joins us to talk about a sneak preview of her film: "We Cried Power," here in the SF Bay tomorrow, Jan. 23, 2020 at the Red Stone Building, 2640 16th Street, in San Francisco, 6-8 p.m. It's free.

4. W. Kamau Bell re:Oakland Symphony Playlist


Link to show: http://tobtr.com/s/11662043