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Wanda’s Picks for Oct. 17, 2008
The reception for the “Breath of Our Ancestors” exhibit of the work of Joy Holland and Casper Banjo was held at the Prescott Joseph Center in West Oakland on Oct. 15. – Photo: Wanda Sabir by Wanda...
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Wanda’s Picks for Nov. 21
by Wanda Sabir McCoy Tyner Trio McCoy Tyner – Photo: Roger Humbert I’ve been just as busy as ever this week. Dropped in to see the McCoy Tyner Trio with Marc Ribot on guitar. Tyner is always a treat...
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Wanda’s Picks for February
by Wanda Sabir Ave Montague – Photo: SF Chronicle We want to call the names of those who made their transition in January and offer condolences to their loved ones who have yet to cross that bridge:...
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Wanda’s Picks for April 2009
by Wanda Sabir ‘Invisible Womb’ Jetaun Maxwell - Photo: Wanda Sabir Sunday afternoon, I had the opportunity to see choreographer Jetaun Maxwell’s entire work, “Invisible Womb: A Self-Revealed Dance...
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Wanda’s picks for March 2011
by Wanda Sabir Refa One with Malik, a youth artist exhibiting in AeroSoul 2 at the Satellite Exhibit – Photo: Wanda Sabir Women’s History Month and the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day...
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Wanda’s Picks for July 2011
by Wanda Sabir Geronimo ji Jaga A number of trees have fallen in the forest this past month and we want to acknowledge the huge spaces their absence brings: Geronimo ji jaga Pratt, Black Panther,...
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Wanda’s Picks for October 2011
by Wanda Sabir Maafa 2007 – Photo: TaSin Sabir October is Maafa Commemoration Month, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Black Panther History Month, Democratic Republic...
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Wanda’s Picks for May 2012
by Wanda Sabir Brianna Amaya, Wanda’s granddaughter, at the Tassafaronga Farm – Photo: Wanda Sabir We give honor to Mother Earth, her birthday celebrated the weekend of April 22 with many great events...
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Wanda’s Picks for June 2012
by Wanda Sabir Wanda Brown, just released after 27 years in prison, embraces Naimah Salahuddin of the Sista to Sista team of visitors to women prisoners, who visited her many times over the years. They...
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Wanda’s Picks for January 2013
by Wanda Sabir I remember when I first met Jayne Cortez, I was with Elsie Washington, the late fiction writer who wrote the first Black romance novel, which I owned. A subscriber to the Harlequin...
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Wanda’s Picks for February 2013
by Wanda Sabir Rep. Barbara Lee held a reception on Inaugural Sunday, Jan. 20, for constituents in her Capitol Hill office. My niece, Wilda, 12, and granddaughter, Bianna, 9, were excited to meet her...
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Wanda’s Picks for March 2013
by Wanda Sabir ‘Mumia’ comes to Oakland Back when Mumia was a member of the Black Panther Party, he traveled west to work with the Oakland chapter – an important time in his evolution as a radical...
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Wanda’s Picks for June 2013
by Wanda Sabir Elder Freeman, always fighting for the rights of prisoners and former prisoners, talks with people coming to visit loved ones at the Dyer County Jail in Oakland, asking them to spread...
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Wanda’s Picks for February 2014
by Wanda Sabir I am recovering from a huge blow – my computer was taken along with other personal irreplaceable items in Carpinteria, a bedroom suburb outside Santa Barbara. We stopped by Loon Point to...
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‘The Black Arts Movement and Its Influences’ conference hits UC Merced Feb....
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey On Feb. 28-March 2 at UC Merced, “The Black Arts Movement and Its Influences” conference will be going down with a host of legendary Black artists who...
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Jambalaya in my soul: A tribute to Pat Parker
by Malaika Kambon For the White Person Who Wants to Know How to Be My Friend Famed percussionist (steel drum and djembe) Val Serrant – Photo: Malaika Kambon The first thing you do is to forget that i’m...
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Celebrate 40 years of life in the Black Community: The SF Bayview Anniversary...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR We want to invite everyone reading this who is a friend of the San Francisco Bay View newspaper to our 40th anniversary party for the Bay View, the most...
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Bay View founding publisher: I was inspired by Malcolm, Martin, Elijah and...
Interview of Muhammad al-Kareem by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey Muhammad al-Kareem founded the New Bayview in September 1976. This photo was taken about that time. Muhammad al-Kareem...
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Cuban poet Nancy Marejon speaks on Black culture on the island
Block Report Radio interviews legendary Cuban poet Nancy Marejon about Black culture in Cuba after the revolution. She talks about Cubanismo and African pride, she talks about contemporary Cuban...
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Wanda’s Picks for October 2016
by Wanda Sabir To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1966 Hunters Point Uprising, Aliyah Dunn-Salahuddin (in the colorful dress), chair of the African American Studies Department at City College, who was...
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