Wanda's Picks Radio Show Special, Sunday, April 19, 2020

Yeye Luisah Teish

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!

Ms. Jovelyn Richards

Join us for an evening of improvational storytelling with Yeye Luisah Teish and Ms. Jovelyn Richards as Voodoo Queen and Ms. Pat. Ms. Pat has a boarding house her friend, the Voodo Queen, likes to visit when she's in town. They let me record their conversation for a listening audience, if I promised to not interrupt. 

This evening is part one of a three (3) part series, 7 p.m. 3rd Sundays through June 21. Pull up a chair, fill a cup with tea leaves and sit back and enjoy.

Show dates: April 19, May 24, June 14, June 21 (rebroadcast) of all three shows.

After the story-time we will rebroadcast an interview from the archives with the artists. For April 19, we rebroadcast an interview with Yeye Luisah Teish with Leliani Birley, co-authors of On Sacred Ground (9/25/2013). 

Soundtrack:

Cannonball Adderley's "Autumn Leaves" (10:59)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpB7-8SGlJ0


McCoy Tyner & Ravi Coltrane - "Walk Spirit Talk Spirit – LIVE" (12:52 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dFtZbha29M

Chuck Mangione's "Feels So Good" (9:42 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FExBwfQHXlE


Bios:

Luisah Teish (also known as Iyanifa Fajembola Fatunmise) is a teacher and an author, most notably of Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals. She is an African-American, born in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... She is an Iyanifa and Oshun chief in the Yoruba Lucumi tradition.


Jovelyn Richards is a writer, performance artist, instructor, radio host, film director, novelist. https://www.jovelynrichards.com


Radio show link: http://tobtr.com/s/11719267