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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. Min. Imhotep Alkebulan, founding member, Wo'se Community Church (1987). Senior Minister of Wo'se Sacramento.. 2. Demetri Broxton is the Senior Director of Education at Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco, CA. An Oakland native, Broxton has over 19 years of experience working in the field of education and the arts. Outside of his role at MoAD, Demetri is an independent curator and practicing artist. He served as a cura

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!  The International Day to End Violence Against Women & Girls the 16-Day Campaign is Nov. 25-Dec.10 Dr. Kim McMillon is a producer, playwright and upcoming Willow author (Voyages). McMillon is a contributor to the anthology Some Other Blues: New Perspectives on Amiri Baraka (Ohio University Press, 2021). She also produced the Dillard University-Harvard’s Hutchins Center Black Arts Movement 2016 Conference in New Orleans, and with UC Merced’

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!     

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!  We begin with a show aired Nov. 26, 2008 featuring Rafael Jesus Gonzalez and Karla Brundage. We speak about Indigenous Rights and being Thankful.  We close with another show, first aired April 28, 2009. Today's show features: director, Tim Disney and subject, Regina N. Kelly, of the new film, "American Violet," which opens in the San Francisco Bay Area, Friday, May 1, 2009. There is a free screening Tuesday, April 28, 7 p.m. at the Metreon

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. We move to an interview with SFBV Assistant Editor Comrade Malik Washington. This weekend beginning this evening at 6 p.m. and continuing tomorrow afternoon in Bay View Hunter's Point will be a Block Party FundRaiser celebrating the diversity and culture that is SFBV, a community vital to the City and County of SF. As the SFBV makes important tactical moves, we thought it would be great to introduce Malik to tells us about this wonderful ev

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!  We celebrate Jimmy Cobb, Aṣe, the only surviving member of Miles Davis's band on "Kinda Blue" on its 50th Anniversary. He was on tour with a stop in Oakland at Yoshi's. He made is transition this year, May 24, 2020. He was 91. 

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!  Rebroadcast: Conversation with Slave Rebellion Reenactment Veterans (11/21/2019)  

We open with an interview with author, Doris I. Mangrum, whose "A Soiled Identity: From Triumph to Tragedy and Back Again," tells the story of Darnell Cookson, former Marine and former felon as he rejoins society. However, this is not a typical rehabilitation story. Told in the protagonist's voice as if we were seated in his home one evening getting to know one another, we meet Darnell just as he arrives home from prison to new wife, new child and many relationships he has to restore, like that between he and his two older daughters by a prior marriage, and his kid brother who is making a bit too much money fast. Darnell tries to hold his head up when applications are rejected and interviews have no follow-up calls, but it is hard.  Darnell's reentry is a community venture; each chapter ends with what Mangrum calls, "Choice Moments" where her audience gets to imagine a "what if?" In "Live Your Life," the reader is invited to learn from Darnell's experiences while we also gear up to participate in an "Idea I

1. Living at the intersection of Blackness, womanhood, art, and activism, Nia McAllister is a Bay Area born poet, avid reader, and environmental justice advocate. She is the host and curator of the monthly open mic series at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco, where she is the Visitor Experience Manager. Through her work, Nia is dedicated to creating literary platforms for writers of the African Diaspora to be seen, read, and represented. Nia’s poetry has been featured on Poets of Color Podcast and the Nomadic Press Dial-a-Poet series. In her free time, she can be found performing at Open Mics, writing outdoors, and taking care of her plants. 2. Lenard D. Moore is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, book reviewer, public speaker, photographer, and the author and/or editor or co-editor of several books, including All The Songs We Sing (Blair, 2020), The Geography Of Jazz (Blair, 2020), One Window’s Light (Unicorn Press, 2017), and A Temple Looming (WordTech Editions, 2008). His literar

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. Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. We close with a rebroadcast (10/29) of the interview with artists and co-founder, re: Bakanal de Afrique Nov. 6-20 (bakanaldeafrique.com).

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. Bakanal de Afrique Festival Nov. 6-30 https://www.bakanaldeafrique.com/ Music: "Salaam Nubia from Aswan,"  The Nile Project http://nileproject.org/alsarah/ 2. Rebroadcast Wed., Oct. 28, 2020 

1. Dr. Iyabeji Cathy Royal and Ohen Nedra T. Williams join us https://www.eventbrite.com/e/council-for-global-ancestral-reverence-presents-ancestral-souls-rising-tickets-124636468031?aff=erelexpmlt 2. Jo Kreiter, Flyaway Productions at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco, join us to talk about "Meet Us Quickly Digital Exhibit, curated by Rahsaan "New York" Thomas" open presently.   3. Sister Sheba Makeda Haven joins us to talk about the Stolen Lives Project (10/22) as well as Activism 101   4. We close with a gem, from the Archives, Stanley Nelson (2015)   Free Gwendolyn Brooks Conference, 10/28-29: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/23rd-gwendolyn-brooks-black-writers-conference-2020-tickets-122767941217

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. Sister Sheba Makeda Haven joins us to talk about the Stolen Lives Project (10/22) as well as Activism 101 2. Jo Kreiter, Flyaway Productions & Demetri Broxon, Senior Director of Education at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco, join us to talk about "Meet Us Quickly Digital Exhibit, curated by Rahsaan "New York" Thomas" open presently. 3. Sis. Afia Raina Turner-Greenlea, 5th Annual Virtual Black Sustainability

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. Sister Sheba Makeda Haven 2. Jo Kreiter, Flyaway Productions & Demetri Broxon, Senior Director of Education at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco, join us to talk about "Meet Us Quickly Digital Exhibit, curated by Rahsaan "New York" Thomas" open presently. 3. Sis. Afia Raina Turner-Greenlea, 5th Annual Virtual Black Sustainability Summit, 10/23-25, 2020 4. Nkechi Emeruwa, joins us to talk about the SFIA

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. Rebroadcast the Pan African Federalist Conference Oct. 15-19, 2020. Happening now.     

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! We are joined this morning by members of the Transformative Prison Working Group to talk about the TPW campaign to restore Rehabilitative Achievement Credits (RAC) and a call to CDCR to move ahead with our request. Visit www.thetpw.org Kenneth E. Hartman  Ella Turenne Ayla Benjamin Edwin Cecelia Perez Allen Burnett  

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. Brother Mwalimu K-Q Amsata (aka Bro. Edward H. Brown, Jr.) joins us to talk about the RCC -- North America of the Pan African Federalist Movement (PAFM) Conference, Oct. 15-19 via Zoom.  2. Nick DeRenzi, organizer, and Maya Futrell, curator, join us to talk about Critical Resistance: Imagine Freedom: Art Works for Abolition through Oct. 14. 3. Kim McMillon, producer, playwright, editor and devorah major, San Francisco's Third Poet Laur

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! PUSHfest @ 15 Season starts Oct. 7 with guests: Antavius Ellison, a Los Angeles, CA based choreographer and educator. His work is premiering Oct. 28.  Bhumi B Patel, whose work opens the Festival programming, Oct. 7, is a queer, desi artist/activist who creates intersectionally feminist performances from a trauma informed, social justice-oriented perspective.   

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. We speak to theatre makers: Claudia Alick and Debórah Eliezer about BUILD from Here Virtual Conference, Sept. 12-13.  2. Tanya Shaffer, playwright and Giovanni Rodriguez, director, join us to talk about Remote Theater and BA Playwrights Foundation production of Manatee on Mars, a free Virtual Reading, Sat., Sept. 26, 2 p.m. PT  (5 PM ET). FREE REGISTRATION LINK: https://bit.ly/3kaavy8 3. Alma Robinson, Executive Director celebrates

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!  Dezi Soley joins us to talk about Stepping into the New Paradigm, 23 day (beginning Oct. 3) film project. Dezi is co-founder of The Chrysalis Space: incubator, social club & performance space for Bay Area artists. 2. David Roach, founder and director, Oakland International Film Festival 18th Edition, Sept. 17-27, 2020.