
Our beloved Mother Mary Ann Wright passed last month; she was 87. She was soft-spoken when not in the pulpit or behind her bullhorn holding church at her multiple food giveaway sites. I marveled over this woman who’d done so much to comfort the poor, a woman loved by all who knew her.
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Abdullah Ibrahim,
African ancestors,
Alice Walker,
Alison Gates,
Amber Hines,
Angela Williams,
Ave Montague,
Billy Higgins,
Brian Copeland,
Camille Musser,
Carlos do Carmo,
Carlos Saura,
Cemané,
Chico Buarque,
Cindy Black,
Cool Bubba Ice,
Courtney "Goldie" Jackson,
Courtney Martin,
Dafnis Prieto Si o Si Quartet,
Danesha Simon,
Davell Crawford,
De Rompe y Raja Cultural Association,
Del tha Funky Homosapian,
Denmark Vesey,
Diamano Coura West African Dance Company,
Diane Howell,
Dionne Warwick,
Don Reed,
Donald Lacy,
Dr. Herb Wong,
Dubose and Dorothy Heyward,
Edouard B. Uwayo,
Egungun River Procession,
Elvin Jones,
Eric Ndorunkundiye,
Ethnic Dance Festival,
Evie Ladin,
Femi Kuti,
Fua Dia Congo,
Genevieve Bayan,
Gonzalo Rubalcaba,
Gregory Issacs,
Hansford Prince,
Harriett Tubman,
Imani's Dream,
James Gayles,
James Moody Quartet,
Jean Marie Vianney Nkurikiyinka,
Jeff Rutagengwa,
John Handy,
Joy Holland,
Juneteenth Film Festival,
Junius Courtney Big Band,
Karen Oyekami,
Keith Terry,
Kenny Washington,
Kim Nalley,
Kim Shuck,
King Sunny Ade,
Kokovulu Lumakanda,
Las Que Son Son,
Layne Redmond,
Lee Isaac Chung,
Lenny Williams,
Leonard Shlain,
Les Nubians,
Lila Downs,
Lorraine Bonner,
Lorreta Greco,
Marc Bamuthi Joseph,
Mariza,
Maura Reilly,
Maye Torres,
Mayumi Oda,
Michael Rose,
Michael Torres,
Micky Hart,
Mother Mary Ann Wright,
Nancy C. Kennedy,
Nancy Wilson,
Nina Simone,
Obakòso Drum and Dance Ensemble,
Odunde Festival,
Omar Ledezma,
Osei Terry Chandler,
Pamela Tanner Boll,
Porgy and Bess,
R.T.,
Ralph Porter,
Randy Weston,
Raymond Nat Turner,
Reginald Ray Savage,
Rep. Barbara Lee,
Rhonda Benin,
Riane Eisler,
Rick Moss,
Roberta Flack,
Roy Haynes,
Rupa and the April Fishes,
San Francisco Black Film Festival,
San Francisco Mime Troupe,
Sarah Ruhl,
Sean San Jose,
Shawn McNiff,
Sinbad,
Sister Louise Muhammad,
Sister Nida Ali,
Sister Saadiqa,
Smokey,
Susan Almazol,
Susi Damilano,
Tacuma King,
Theresa Rebeck,
Tiffany Shulain,
Tony Akeem,
Tony Gleaton,
Tony Williams,
Tutankhamun,
Wanda Sabir,
Yusef Najem,
Zakir Hussain,
Zap Mama

Wednesday, Oct. 15, at the Prescott Joseph Center we honored the legacy of the San Francisco Bay Area’s premiere artists: Berkeley resident Joy Holland and Oaklander by way of St. Louis Casper Banjo, with featured artist Keith Hopkins, another Oaklander. The exhibit is titled “Breath of Our Ancestors.”
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Allensworth,
Ankh Productions,
Avotcja,
Black Panther Party,
Black Poets with Attitudes,
Black Repertory Theater,
Breath of Our Ancestors,
Casper Banjo,
Chuck D,
Eddie Abrams,
Flavor Flav,
Joanna Haigood,
Jon Hendricks,
Joy Holland,
Keith Hopkins,
Lathan Hodge,
Living Word Project,
Mary Rudge,
Mos Def,
Museum of the African Diaspora,
Nation of Islam,
Oakland International Film Festival,
Oakland Tech,
Prescott Joseph Center,
Professor Griff,
Public Enemy,
San Francisco Trolley Dances,
Shanique S. Scott,
TheArthur Wright,
Tulare County,
Wanda Sabir,
Zaccho Dance Company