The characters’ stories in Chinaka Hodge’s debut as a playwright, “Mirrors in Every Corner,” capture a sense of tragedy lurking near all of us. From Rodney King to Oscar Grant, Loma Pieta to urban removal, one sits on the edge of her seat waiting for the wrecking ball to fall.
Tags:
1989 earthquake,
Afrikan Sistahs’ Media Network,
Aleta Canon,
Ambrose Akinmusrie,
bid whist,
Campo Santo,
Chinaka Hodge,
Elihu Harris,
Frantz Fanon,
Intersection for the Arts,
Living Word Project,
Mandela Parkway,
Mission District,
Random,
slave mothers,
Wanda Sabir,
Wanda’s Picks,
Wanda’s Picks Radio,
West Oakland,
“Mirrors in Every Corner”
Harper’s Ferry … freeing slaves … Virginia … hanging … white man – this is the extent of my knowledge of John Brown. I wasn’t aware that it was 150 years ago, on Oct. 14-15, 1859, that this happened, an event which many say forecast the Civil War and the emancipation of enslaved Africans. See the opera Sunday afternoon, March 14, 3 p.m., at the East Side Cultural Center.
Tags:
Akinyele Sadiq,
Cheryl Schwartz,
Civil War,
Duana Leslie,
Eliza O’Malley,
emancipation of enslaved Africans,
Harper’s Ferry,
Henry Mobley,
India Cooke,
John Brown,
Lewis Jordan,
Linda Johnson,
Maria Medina Serafin,
Michael Lange,
Nat Turner,
Raymond Nat Turner,
Wanda Sabir,
Wanda’s Picks,
Wanda’s Picks Radio,
William Crossman,
Zigi Lowenberg
Multi-layered with healing at its center, the large cast of “Dancing with the Clown of Love,” some infected, everyone affected, shared stories written over the past two years at the Women’s HIV Program at the University of California San Francisco – documented in a short film that opens the show. Hurry! The run closes this weekend.
Tags:
Angela Wilson,
Cultural Odyssey,
Dancing with the Clown of Love,
Edward Machtinger M.D.,
Fe Bongolan,
Gina Dawson,
HIV,
incarceration,
Jenny Chu,
Lisa Frias,
Medea,
Medea Project,
Medea Project: Theatre for Incarcerated Women,
Ntozake Shange,
Rene Walker,
Rhodessa Jones,
Sargent Johnson Gallery,
Stephanie Johnson,
Wanda Sabir,
Women’s HIV Program at the University of California San Francisco
Rhodessa, dressed in an orange prison jumper from South Africa (orange the universal prison attire, like a brand), appears with a whip. All the sensations: cold, hard, eerie darkness, unfamiliar sounds, smells, give the audience plenty to contemplate, especially those in the first two rows where the whip spinning in Rhodessa’s hand over our heads, which she then flicks, we feel, too close to our faces as its breeze and the sting of its impact hits the ground again too close for comfort. But this theme – the Black holocaust – is it supposed to be an idea that brings ease?
Tags:
African American Center for Art and Culture,
Black Codes,
Buriel Clay Theatre,
Cecil Brown,
Cultural Odyssey,
enslaved woman,
Fillmore,
head constraint,
Idris Ackamoor,
Jim Crow America,
Joanna Haigood,
Pam Peniston,
Rhodessa Jones,
San Francisco Arts Festival,
Sargent Johnson Gallery,
Stephanie Johnson,
Wanda Sabir,
Zaccho Dance Company
This year, as in many years past, Godfather of Comedy Paul Mooney has returned to his roots at the Black Repertory Group Theater in Berkeley for performances every night Dec. 26-31, with three shows on New Year’s Eve. Tickets are selling fast, so call right away: (510) 652-2120 or the hot line, (925) 812-2787. Listen to two hilarious Block Report interviews by Minister of Information JR with Paul Mooney.
Tags:
Apollonia Jordan,
Black heritage,
Black Repertory Group Theater,
John Witherspoon,
Kwanzaa,
Marsha Warfield,
Paul Mooney,
Richard Pryor,
Robin Williams,
Sandra Bernhard,
Sean Vaughn Scott,
Tim Reid,
Wanda Sabir
Habari gani, everyone! Happy Kwanzaa! Here are all the Kwanzaa celebrations we’ve been notified of; if you don’t find one near you, host one yourself and tell us about it so we can add it to the list. Kwanzaa is an African American holiday based on the African agricultural celebrations and collective principles, which contribute to the unity and development of the African community.
Tags:
Adrian Williams,
African ancestral heritage,
Bay Area Kwanzaa Committee,
celebration of first fruits,
Habari gani,
Houses of Kwanzaa,
Imani,
Kujichagulia,
Kuumba,
Kwanzaa,
Maulana Karenga,
Nguzo Saba (Seven Principles),
Nia,
Nozipo Wobogo,
The Village Project,
Ujamaa,
Ujima,
Umoja,
Wanda Sabir
Baba Kamau Seitu, jazz musician and cultural artist, is playing music with the celestial orchestra. On Saturday, Nov. 28, with literally dozens at his bedside, the drums opened the way for his transition. His Homegoing Celebration will be held on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2 p.m., at Wo’se Community Church, 8924 Holly St., Oakland.
Tags:
Abdullah Ibrahim,
African American Celebration through Poetry,
Andrew Hill,
Billy Higgins,
BKamau Seitu,
center,
Damu Sudii Ali,
Destiny Muhammad,
Eddie Gale,
Friends of Negro Spirituals,
Gil Scott Heron,
Herbie Lewis,
India Cooke,
Jackie McLean,
jazz musician,
John Gilmore,
John Handy,
Kehinde Kujichagulia-Seitu,
Lyvonne Chrisman,
Marshall Allen,
Mechelle LaChaux,
Michael White,
New Orleans,
Ollen Erich Hunt,
pancreatic cancer,
Robert J. Carmack,
Rudi Mwongozi,
San Francisco State Black Studies Department,
Sun Ra,
Taiwo Kujichagulia Seitu,
Treme (Congo Square),
Tyrone Hill,
Vukani Mawethu,
Wanda Sabir,
with colleagues drummer Darryl Green and a trombonist - Photo: Wanda Sabiraba Kamau Seitu,
Wo’se Community Church
Happy New Year, Blessed Eid Al Adha and Happy Kwanzaa. I’ll be back in February 2009. Check the radio show and my blog for updates. I’ll be traveling. Tune in to Wanda’s Picks Radio at www.wandaspicks.com over the next month, when I will be broadcasting from Senegal, Mali and The Gambia.
Tags:
African Beats,
African Roots of Jazz,
Afro-Brazilian,
Afrobeat,
Afrobeat ConneXion,
Afrofunk,
Aguas Da Bahia and Tania Santiago,
Akinyele D.L. Sadiq,
Al Young,
Allison Kenny,
Amara Tabor-Smith,
Amy Seiwert,
Andre Custodio,
Andrea Lewis,
Andrew Currier,
Annual African American Celebration through Poetry,
Arabic Ensemble,
Armand Volkas,
Baba Ken Okulolo,
Beat Generation,
Black Consciousness Movement,
Bob Kaufman,
Body Music,
Braulio Barrera,
Breema,
Cheryl Schwartz,
Chick Webb,
Christine Kalb,
Congo Square,
Dan Wolf,
De Rompe y Raja,
devorah major,
Dr. Clarence Jordan,
E.W. Wainwright,
East Oakland,
Eddie Gale,
Edward Hightower,
Eid,
Ella Fitzgerald,
Ellen Sebastian Chang,
Erika Richardson,
Fela Anikulapo Kuti,
Frankie Manning,
Gebrueder Wolf,
Gina McKuen,
Harry Chapin,
hip hop culture,
Imam Warith Deen Muhammad,
International Human Rights Day,
James Reid,
Jimi Evins,
John Kadyk,
Jonathan Staggers,
Jorge Perez Molina,
Justin Desmangles,
Kamau Seitu,
Katie Kimball,
Keith Terry,
Kenny Muhammad,
Kent Bryson,
Kevin Munroe,
Kim Nalley,
King Sunny Ade,
Kotoja,
Kwanzaa,
Las Flamencas,
Lauren Whitehead,
LeeLa Petronio,
Lewis Jordan,
Maafa San Francisco Bay Area,
Manuia Polynesian Revue,
Marc Bamuthi Joseph,
Maria Medina Serafin,
Marilyn Langbehn,
Mario Ellis Hill,
Marshall Trammell,
Mary Saudargas,
Masjid Warith Deen,
Melba Moore,
Merry Ross,
Michael Zisman,
Özgü Bulut,
Queen Makedah,
Rae Ann Goldber,
Ramon Ramos Alayo,
Rasheed Wedlow,
Rebecca’s Books,
Robert Henry Johnson,
Robin Nzingah Smith,
Rodney King,
Rona Siddiqqui,
Roni Alperin,
Ronnie Prosser,
Roscoe Mitchell,
Russel Treyz,
Ruth Jovel,
Sandy Poindexter,
Santiago de Cuba Sister City project,
Scott Skinner,
Sherwood Chen,
Sister Clara Muhammad School,
Soji Odukogbe,
Step Afrika!,
Tammy L. Hall,
Timuçin Gürer,
Tom Key,
Tommy Sheppard,
Troublemakers Union,
Valerie Mih,
Velma’s Blues and Jazz Club,
Veronica Lee,
Vicki Dello Joio,
Wanda Sabir,
West African Highlife Band,
Woody Johnson,
World AIDS Day,
Zaccho Youth Company,
Zeus Leonardo,
“Cotton Patch Gospel”,
“Les Miserables”,
“Lift Every Voice and Sing”,
“Purlie”
Always a singer as well as an actor, Loretta Devine is in San Francisco to take her act on the road, to develop a singing career, a first for the multi-talented lady. Her appearance at the Rrazz Room Friday through Sunday, Nov. 27-29, will mark her nightclub debut. This engagement is exciting, because not only will it be Ms. Devine’s first performance as a singer, she will be singing original music as well as work from the American songbook of love.
Tags:
Denzel Washington,
Eunice O’Neal,
George C. Wolfe,
James Devine,
Loretta Devine,
Maurice Jamal,
NAACP Image Award,
Preston A. Whitmore II,
Terri McMillan,
Vickilyn Reynolds,
Wanda Sabir,
Whitney Houston,
“A Different World”,
“Boston Public”,
“Crash”,
“Dirty Laundry”,
“Grey’s Anatomy”,
“Sugar and Spice”,
“The Colored Museum”,
“The PJs”,
“The Preacher’s Wife”,
“This Christmas”,
“Waiting to Exhale”,
“Wild Card”,
“Woman Thou Art Loosed”
Keb’ Mo’, who grew up in Compton surrounded by blues – a name he doesn’t particularly care for, the blues often associated with sad stories and hard luck lives – didn’t really come into the music until his 30s. Just out with a new album, on his own label, Yolabelle International, “Live and Mo’” features six live tracks and four studio. The artist tells stories which reflect the American social and cultural landscape.
Tags:
Agape Children’s Choir,
Albert Collins,
Ali Farka Touré,
Amiri Baraka,
Bay Area Blues Society Caravan of All-Stars,
Big Joe Turner,
Big Mama Thornton,
Bobby “Blue” Bland,
Bonnie Raitt,
Danny Glover,
Dr. Dre,
Gary Clark Jr.,
Habib Koité,
Jackson Browne,
James Gayles,
Jefferson Airplane,
John Sayles,
Keb’ Mo’,
King Oliver,
Michael Jackson,
Monk Higgins,
Papa John Creach,
Robert Johnson,
Ronnie Stewart,
Rose Brothers,
Ruth Brown,
SFJAZZ,
Solomon Burke,
Taj Mahal,
Wanda Sabir,
Yolabelle International
Love has everything to do with it, and “Precious” shows us that where there is love, there is no intent to harm or cause pain. Precious’ life was the antithesis of love; how many children and adults confuse pain for love until they learn better?
Tags:
"Precious",
Andrew Dunn,
Claireece Precious Jones,
Cuba Goodling,
Each One Teach One,
Gabourey Sidibe,
Geoffrey Fletcher,
Halle Berry,
Lee Daniels,
Lenny Kravitz,
Lisa Cortés,
Marina Draghici,
middle passage,
Mo’Nique,
Opal Palmer Adisa,
Oprah Winfrey,
Paula Patton,
Sankofa,
Sapphire’s novel “Push,
Tom Heller,
Tyler Perry,
Wanda Sabir,
Wanda’s Picks,
Wanda’s Picks Radio,
“Antoine Fisher”,
“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”,
“I Name Me Name”,
“The Bluest Eye”,
“The Color Purple”,
” Sapphire
Maafa 2009 was chillier than usual, but our hearts were certainly no less warmed by the ancestors’ tight embrace as supplicants made their way through the Middle Passage to the Wolosodon rhythms, the slave march through the Doors of No Return to the beach where each person held a piece of string – symbolic of a connection … a philosophical connection to the homeland, family and history.
Tags:
African Dance and Drum Festival,
Akosua,
Akram Khan,
Albert Mathias,
Alex Ketley,
Alonzo King,
Amiri Baraka,
Ani Di Franc,
Anthony,
Anthony Smith,
Axis Dance Company,
Barack Obama,
Beat Generation,
Black Arts Movement,
Black Repertory Group Theatre,
Brian Copeland,
Carla Service,
Carolina Chocolate Drops,
Cheo Tyehimba,
civil rights era,
Conversations with Black Authors,
Cultural Heritage Choir,
Danjuma,
David Dorfman,
David Murray,
Del the Funky Homosapien,
devorah major,
DJ Spooky,
Doors of No Return,
Dr. Raye Richardson,
Dwan Smith,
El Hamideen,
Faly Seydi,
Fannie Lou Hamer,
Faustin Linyekula,
Fernando Botero,
Fred Hampton,
Gnawa,
Gregory Maqoma,
Grupo Falso Baiano,
Ice Cube,
Immortal Technique,
India Arie,
Irene Cara,
J. California Cooper,
Jason Moran,
Jeffrey Haas,
Jerome Bongiorno,
Jetaun Maxwell,
Joan Jeanrenaud,
John Burris,
John Grider,
John Handy,
Justin Desmangles,
Kamala Harris,
Karla Brundage,
Keb’Mo’,
Khalil Shaheed,
Kikongo tradition,
Linda Tillery,
LINES Ballet,
Lonette McKee,
M.B. Hanif,
Maafa 2009,
Mai,
Mali Kingdom,
Malonga Casquelorde Center for the Arts,
Marc Bamuthi Joseph,
Marc Cary,
Marcus Book Stores,
Mark G.,
Marvin X,
Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno,
Mbongi,
Michael Jackson,
Michael Wall,
middle passage,
Nona Brown,
Oaktown Jazz Workshop,
Opal Palmer Adisa,
Pooja Aresh,
Queen Latifah,
Randy Weston,
Remy Charlip,
Richard Mayhew,
Saul Williams,
Sean Vaughn Scott,
Sharon McGriff-Payne,
Snoop Dogg,
Solomon Burke,
Sonia Sanchez,
Sonya Delwaide,
Taiwo Kujichagulia Seitu,
Tarika Lewis,
the Ghetto Prophet,
Traci Bartlow,
Tropicália,
Val Serrant,
Vince Tolliver,
Vincent Mantsoe,
Voting Rights Movement,
Wanda Sabir,
Wanda’s Picks Radio,
Wolosodon rhythms,
Womyn of Color Arts and Craft Show,
“Dark River”
Can you imagine 45,000 people dying each month and hardly a peep from anyone in the age of the Internet? There is a media blackout about Congo and no worldwide resolution to end the conflict and carnage there. The purpose of the Break the Silence Congo Week is to raise awareness about the devastating situation in the Congo and mobilize support on behalf of the people of the Congo.
Tags:
"Break the Silence" Congo Week,
Adrienne Kennedy,
Alice Walker,
All of Us or None,
ArtEsteem,
August Wilson,
Avery Klein-Cloud,
Bellot Idovia Foundation,
California College of the Arts,
Carla Oden,
Danny Glover,
Deborah Slater Dance Theater,
Deep Waters Dance Theater,
Dia de Los Muertos,
Dorsey E. Nunn,
Esther Rolle,
Hamdiya Cooks,
Jorge Rodolfo De Hoyos,
Kathleen Hermesdorf,
Kim Epifano’s Epiphany Productions,
King Sunny Ade,
legacy of slavery,
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children,
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre,
Maafa Ritual,
Mexican Folklorico,
Nicole Opper,
Ntozake Shange,
Ossie Davis,
Patricia A. Montgomery,
Quentin Easter,
Rosamaria Garcia,
Ruby Dee,
Sharese Bullock,
Sonic Dance Theater,
Stanley E. Williams,
Ted Lange,
Toni Morrison,
transatlantic slave trade,
Uscla Johnny Desarmes,
Wanda Sabir,
WS Merwin
The Maafa Ritual begins before dawn on Sunday, Oct. 11, about 5:30-6 a.m., at Ocean Beach on the Great Highway at Fulton Street in San Francisco. Invited are Black people interested in honoring our ancestors who perished in the European Slave Trade and its aftermath via colonialism and other forms of genocide like incarceration, terrible occurrences or reoccurring disasters felt today. Maafa Awareness Month was founded and has been organized by Bay View Arts Editor Wanda Sabir for 11 years.
Tags:
A Safe Place Walk-a-thon,
Africa Rising,
African refugees,
Afropop Worldwide,
Alonzo King LINES Ballet,
Amiri Baraka,
Antióquia and Chinyakare,
Assemblyman Sandre Swanson,
Ayodele Nzinga,
Baobab Village,
Bay Area Latin Jazz All-Stars,
BAYCAT,
Black Holocaust,
Black Panther Awareness Month,
British Member of Parliament George Galloway,
Chike Nwofiah,
Cindy Blackman,
colonialism,
Community Works,
Cynthia McKinney,
DeBug,
DJ Jeremiah Kpohand,
DJ Said Adelekan,
Donna and Darlene Wallach,
Eric Reed,
European Slave Trade,
Eyewitness Gaza,
Fela Kuti,
Festival of the Desert in Essakane Mali,
Francisco Aguabella,
Free Gaza Movement,
Gaza,
Gil Scott Heron,
Gladys Knight,
HIV/AIDS,
HuNia Bradley,
International Solidarity Movement,
Isaura Oliveria,
Ise Lyfe,
Israel-Gaza conflict,
Israeli blockade of Gaza,
Israeli settlements,
Jason Moran,
Joanna Haigood,
Karimah Al-Helew,
Latin Jazz Ensemble,
libations for the ancestors,
Lower Bottoms Playaz,
M1,
M1 of dead prez,
Maafa Awareness Month,
Maafa Commemoration,
Maafa Ritual,
Maisha Productions with Fat Souls Records,
Mama at Twilight: Death by Love,
Mama Juggs,
Man Alive: Stories from the Edge of Incarceration to the Flight of Imagination,
Mary J. Blige,
Michael Franti,
Michael Moore,
middle passage,
neocolonialism,
Oakland International Film Festival,
Orgone,
Palestinian fishermen,
Palestinian liberation,
post-traumatic stress,
Prescott Joseph Center,
Ramsey Lewis,
Rie Shontel,
Sabar,
SS Liberty and SS Free Gaza,
Suga T,
suicide bomber,
the Afrobeat Nation from Monrovia,
Thea Bowman Theatre,
Toubab Krewe,
Tyler Perry,
Viva Palestina,
Wanda Sabir,
Wanda’s Picks,
Wo’se House of Amen Ra,
Zaccho Dance Studio,
Zaccho Dance Theatre,
Zulu Spear
On the first night of her Aug. 20-24 Triumph Tour, our sister Cynthia McKinney put a face on Gaza, Palestine, I don’t think many in the audience had seen before – I’m speaking of African Americans who are not usually the target population of such media focus. McKinney was speaking at Oakland’s landmark Grand Lake Theater, kicking off her Gaza Solidarity Triumph Tour, a series of fundraisers for the struggling SF Bay View newspaper.
Tags:
Cairo,
Cynthia McKinney,
Dennis Bernstein,
Dignity,
Ethiopia,
Flashpoints,
Grand Lake Theater,
Haiti and Latin America,
humanitarian aid,
Israel,
Israeli warships,
Ivory Coast,
Kathy Sheetz,
KPFA programmer,
Nadra Foster,
Oakland,
Oscar Grant Protest March,
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival,
Spirit of Humanity,
Sudan,
the Egyptian border,
The Egyptian government,
the Free Gaza 21,
the Oscar Grant Movement,
the Pacifica radio network,
The POCC Minister of Information JR Valrey,
the Viva Palestina,
the West Bank,
Triumph Tour,
Wanda Sabir
Next month the most important item on my agenda is Maafa Commemoration Month to reflect on the legacy of slavery and how everyone benefited from this human rights travesty except those who did the work. We began Aug. 30 with a successful Maafa 2009: Hurricane Katrina Fundraiser and Reportback, thanks to all the poets and the visual artists who donated art for the silent auction and of course to Tess and Yeme, the proprietors of Shashamane Bar and Grill.
Tags:
actor Danny Glover,
Aguas da Bahia,
Al Green,
Alanis Morissette,
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet,
Alvon Johnson,
ancestor remembrance,
Anna’s Jazz Island,
Art Hazelwood,
ASA Academy,
Baba Ken and the West African Highlife Band,
Barbara Attie,
BART police oversight,
Beres Hammond,
Black August 2009,
Blind Boys of Alabama,
Bradley C. Walters,
Bro. Malique Amenhotep,
budget cuts,
Casper Banjo,
Chick Corea,
Chitresh Das Dance Company,
College of Alameda Small Ensemble,
Common Ground Health Clinic,
Cuban saxophonist Yosvany Terry,
Dawn Logsdon,
Dr. Al Green,
Dr. Ivan Van Sertima,
Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio,
East Oakland,
Eric Benet,
Erykah Badu,
Esperanza Spalding,
Evan Ziporyn,
Francisco Aguabella,
Friends of the Oakland Public Library,
Gary Graves,
George Clinton,
Hank Jones,
Hiroshima,
Hurricane Katrina,
Hurricane Katrina Memorials,
illiteracy rate,
India Irie,
Islamic jurisprudence,
James P. Anderson,
Jan Zvaifler,
Janet Goldwater,
Jason Moran,
Jay Electronica,
jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders,
John Legend,
Juan R. Fuentes,
Judy Juanita,
Julie Bridgham,
Kim Longinotto,
Leela James,
Lenny White,
Library Director Carmen Martinez,
LIFE of Mississippi,
Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir,
Litquick,
Liz Wright,
Lolis Eric Elie,
Lucie Faulknor,
Luis Arias Vera,
Maafa Commemoration Month,
Machiavelli’s “The Prince”,
Mark Morris Dance Group,
MC Hammer,
Michael Eugene Sullivan,
Michael Franti and Spearhead,
Michael Jackson,
Michael Navarra,
Mike Clark’s Blueprints of Jazz,
MMDG Music Ensemble,
Monaco’s Ballet Russe,
Monterey Jazz Festival,
Mos Def,
Ná Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu,
Nahid Persson,
Nubian oud master Hamza El Din,
Oakland Public Library Bookmobile,
Oscar Grant strategy organizing,
Pete Seeger,
police chases in Black neighborhoods,
police killings,
Power to the Peaceful,
Professor Herbert Mims Jr.,
Raja Rahim,
Regina Carter,
Richard Frederick,
San Francisco Fringe Festival,
San Francisco Mime Troupe,
San Francisco Presidio,
San Francisco Reads,
Sari Soldiers,
Sausalito Art Festival,
Sellasie,
Shakespeare in the Park,
Shashamane Bar and Grill,
Sixth Annual Dance-a-thon,
Sly and Robbie,
social genocide,
Sonoma Wine Country Weekend,
Soulive with Fred Wesle,
Stanley Jordan,
tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain,
Tambores Julio Remelexo Drum and Dance Ensemble,
TaSin Yasmin Sabir,
Ted Pontiflet’s James Baldwin,
the BaAka Pygmies of the Central African Republic,
The Neville Brothers and Dr. John,
the Shaolin Monks of China,
Truth Universal,
UNESCO’s International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition,
Vieux Farka Touré,
Vijay Iyer Trio,
Wanda Sabir,
West Oakland,
Winton Marsalis,
Winton Marsalis' Lincoln Center Orchestra,
Ziba Mir-Hosseini,
Zulu Spear,
“Pray the Devil Back to Hell”,
“The Bottoms”
Black August begins with a campaign for the acquittal of Francisco Torres, the only member of the San Francisco 8 still charged. Go to www.freethesf8.org for messages to phone or fax to Attorney General Jerry Brown, urging him to drop the charges. Cisco’s hearing is Aug. 10 if the charges aren’t dropped.
Tags:
AfroSolo Arts Festival,
AfroSolo Theatre Company,
Alice Walker,
Alicia Jrapko,
Angola 3,
Antonio Guerrero,
Attorney General Jerry Brown,
Banyamulenge Tutsi,
Bernard C. Parks,
Best of the Bay 2009,
Black August,
Black August Organizing Committee,
Black Panther Party,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Brian Freeman,
Brother Hodari,
Brother Rafiki,
Cal Tjader,
Chai Vasarhelyi,
Chairman Fred Hampton,
Chip Fitzgerald,
COINTELPRO,
Congo,
Cuban 5,
Dale Wasserman,
Deborah Johnson,
Desley Brooks,
Destiny Muhammad,
E. Lynn Harris,
Eric Reed Trio,
Ernestine Anderson,
Francisco Torres,
Frank Jackson,
Frankye Kelly,
Frederick Douglass,
Gayle McLaughlin,
George and Jonathan Jackson,
George Jackson,
Gerald Wright,
Great Flood of New Orleans,
Gregory Isaacs with Native Elements,
Hansford Prince,
Honorable Elijah Muhammad,
Hurricane Katrina,
James Baldwin,
James McClain,
Janine Africa,
Jewelle Gomez,
Judith Offer,
Kai Hazelwood,
Karla Brundage,
Kelda Muzik aka “Diva”,
Ken Kesey,
Khatari Gaulden,
Kheven LaGrone,
Kiilu Nyasha,
Lance McGee,
Lauren Whitehead,
Leela James and Bilal,
Les McCann,
Loretta Devine,
Malcolm X,
Malonga Casquelord Center for the Arts,
Marcus Garvey,
Mark Clark,
Martin King,
Melvin Atkins,
Michael Jackson,
Michael Torres,
Milt Jackson,
Morrie Turner,
Nicolas Bearde,
Oliver Chin,
President Obama,
Prisoners of Conscience Committee Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.,
Rahim Sabir,
Raja Rahim,
Ramona Africa,
Ramsey Lewis,
Rev. Liza Rankow,
Robert King,
San Francisco 8,
Sean Davis,
Sekouba Bambino Diabate,
Shaka At-Thinnin,
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi,
Susi Damilano,
Ted Pontiflet,
Thandiwe Thomas De Shazor,
Tia Boyd,
Timothy James,
Tracey Chapman,
W. Kamau Bell,
Wanda Sabir,
Wanda’s Picks Radio,
William Kunstler,
Williams Christmas,
www.sfbg.com/bobparty,
Yancie Taylor,
Youssou N’Dour
Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim are both well aware that there is no justice in the U.S. courts for us – there’s just us, as we used to say. Jalil did a great job of making sure all four co-defendants would have their charges dropped before making this decision that I know he did not want to make.
Tags:
Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3,
Diana Block,
Donna Willmott,
FBI,
Francisco (Cisco) Torres,
Hank Jones,
Harold Taylor,
Herman Bell,
Homeland Security,
Jalil A. Muntaqim,
Jalil Muntaqim,
Jalil’s attorney Daro G. Inouye,
Javad,
John Bowman,
Kiilu Nyasha,
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children,
Linda Evans,
Maisha Quint,
Nelson Mandela,
Pierre,
Pierre Labossiere,
Ray Boudreaux,
Richard Brown,
Richard O’Neal,
South Africa,
the SF 8,
Wanda Sabir
Required reading for Americans pre-fireworks and festivities should be an important speech given by abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass, who, in “What to the American Slave is Your Fourth of July?” questions this holiday which took place while citizens were denied their right to justice, freedom and equality. At the Oakland Public Conservatory, Michael Lange and youth wordsmiths Ayinde Webb, the drummer in the Frederick Douglass Youth Ensemble, and Jamani Williams will read excerpts.
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Aazura Nour,
Alayna Stroud,
Angela Dean-Baham,
Angela Wellman,
Annette Gordon-Reed,
Axis Dance Company,
Ayinde Webb,
Baba Ken and Kotoja,
Ben Oni Orchestra,
Betty Johnson,
Big Chief Victor Armstrong,
Bill Bell and the Jazz Connection,
Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo,
Bobi Cespedes,
Bolokada Conde - Malinke Djembefola,
Bongo Love,
Brenda Hillman,
Britt Karhoff,
Calvin Keys,
Camilo Nu,
Carolyn Kameya,
Carrie Leilam Love,
Carrie Mae Weems,
Cesar A. Cruz,
Chuy Varela,
Colored Ink,
Con Funk Shun,
Cornelius Eady,
Crispus Attucks,
Deborah Grant,
Donald Harrison 3D Experience,
Donald Lacy,
Dr. John Q. Taylor King,
Drea Brown,
Eddie Abrams,
En Vogue,
Ernestine Anderson with Eric Reed Trio,
Evie Shockley,
Fareed Haque,
Favianna Rodriguez,
Freddie McGregor,
Frederick Douglass,
Frederick Douglass Youth Ensemble,
Frederick Harris and Friends,
Friends of Negro Spirituals,
Galway Kinnell,
Gerald Albright,
Haroun Serang,
Harvey Schwartz,
Issa Bagayaogo,
Jamani Williams,
James Farmer,
Jennifer Chien,
Jewelle Gomez,
Jo Kreiter,
Joe Farnsworth,
Joyce Gordon Gallery,
Judge Harriet Murphy,
Juneteenth,
Karim Scarlata,
Kelly Kemp,
Kenji Liu,
King Sunny Ade,
Kofy Brown,
Ladysmith Black Mambazo,
Linda Tillery,
Lower Bottoms Playas,
Luciano,
Mai Doan,
Marjon Alicia (King) Christopher,
Martina Gusman,
Mary Ann Brooks,
Melecio Magdaluyo,
Melissa Caywood,
Michael Gene Sullivan,
Michael Jackson,
Michael Lange,
Mike Aaberg,
Nat Reed,
Oakland Public Conservatory of Music,
Pablo Trapero,
Pamela Z,
Paula West,
Pearl Cleage,
Peter Coyote,
Pharoah Sanders’ Quartet,
Rafael Rebollar,
Raissa Simpson,
Rebirth Brass Band,
Recovery Theatre,
Reed Rickert,
Regina Carter Quintet,
René de Guzman,
Rene Escovedo y Grupo Festejo,
Richard Kevin Cartwright,
Robert Hass,
Robert Henry Johnson,
Robert King,
Roberto Quintana,
San Francisco Mime Troupe,
Sandra Poindexter,
Sandy Perez,
Sarah “Sally” Hemings,
Shanique Scott,
Sharon Olds,
Shawn Lyles,
Sila and the AfroFunk Experience,
Solange Knowles,
Starbright Elizabeth Bilyck,
Steven Turner,
Stuart Hines King,
Sukhawit Ali Khan,
Sylvester Brooks,
Taiwo Kujichagulia Seitu,
the Itals,
the Mighty Diamonds,
Thomas Jefferson,
Toña la Negra,
Truong Tran,
UpSurge,
Vernon Jordon,
Victor Little,
Victoria Gannon,
Vidhu Singh,
Vieux Farka Touré,
Vukani Mawethu Choir,
W. Kamau Bell Curve,
Wanda Sabir,
William Henderson,
Wycliffe Gordon Quartet,
Youssopha Sidibe,
Zakir Hussain
June 9 we had an up close and personal interview on Wanda’s Picks Radio with the great pianist, George Cables. He was at Yoshi’s in San Francisco with his friends, Bobby Hutcherson and Charlie Haden and is on to New York for a tribute to Freddie Hubbard later this week. Listen any time at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Wandas-Picks/2009/06/09/Wandas-Picks-Special. You will not be disappointed.
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Angela Wellman,
Annie Sampson,
Arlene Goldbard,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Brenda Way,
Charlie Haden,
Charnett Moffet,
Chuck D,
Chukes,
Cole Payne,
Collie Buddz,
Damon and the Heathens,
Darren MacPherson,
Deidre Greene,
DJ Twelvz,
Don Reed,
Elaine Brown,
Erica Nelani,
Fito Reinoso y Su Ritmo y Armonia,
Fogo Na Roupa,
Freddie Hubbard,
Freddy Mesa,
Freja Joslin,
George Cables,
Gray Brechin,
Hamza Pérez,
India Irie,
Jeff Chang,
Jennifer Maytorena Taylor,
Jo Kreiter,
Joanna Haigood of Zaccho Dance Theater,
John Cheever,
John Santos,
Johnny Symons,
Jordan Simmons,
Julia Butterfly,
Kev Choice Ensemble,
Khalil Shaheed,
Loira Limbal,
Mar,
Meklit Hadero,
Michael Franti and Spearhead,
Michael Lange,
Michael Lewis known as "Little B",
Miko Marks,
Nagisa Oshima,
New Kingston Band,
Pat Boyd,
Paths of Native Africa,
Rashidi Byrd,
Refa 1,
Richard Wright,
Rico Pabon,
Robert King of the Angola 3,
Robert Moses' Kin,
Romaine "Chip" Fitzgerald,
Rose Kendrick,
Roshambo,
San Francisco 8,
Sehkou Senegal,
Sheila Hylton,
Simon Hanukai,
The Mighty Sparrow,
the Refugee All-Stars,
Todd Brown,
Virgilio Bravo,
Wanda Sabir,
Willard Barksdale,
Yacine Kouyate,
Zora Neale Hurston
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