Heart Of Mind Radio 12/30/2023

On today's Heart Of Mind Radio for the New Millennium host Kathryn Davis speaks with Maitefa Angaza, journalist, editor, film producer and author of Kwanzaa: From Holiday to Every Day for a discussion on how traditionally, Kwanzaa brings family, friends, and the community together for a winter celebration. But Kwanzaa can be a part of your life year-round. Steeped in cultural richness, Kwanzaa is observed by millions of people of African descent who observe it for its seven inspiring, unifying principles.

https://kwanzaaeverydaybook.com/

Featured Music:

Frog Dancing by David Anthony Clark; Come to the River by Diane Reeves; Another Star by Stevie Wonder; Into the Mystic by Van Morrison.

Guest:

Maitefa Angaza (Judith Halsey) is an author, journalist, editor, film producer, arts reviewer, short-story writer and publicity and public relations writer. She currently writes news and feature articles for, a Black Brooklyn weekly. Her book, Kwanzaa: From Holiday to Every Day rose to #1 on the Holiday Books page at Amazon.com in 2007; It was reissued, with some updates, in September 2019. 

A recipient of the Phenomenal Women in Media Award, Ms. Angaza worked as a reporter and later executive editor at The City Sun newspaper. She was managing editor of African Voices magazine, an editor at The Daily Challenge, and has published in Essence magazine, Ebony magazine, The Amsterdam News, Our Time Press and other publications. Her feature article on Maya Angelou is still required reading on campuses and she’s interviewed several people she admires, including Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Toshi Reagon, Gil Scott-Heron, Lois Mailou Jones, Al Jarreau and Marilyn Nance.

Ms. Angaza is co-producer of the documentary In Our Heads About Our Hair, which screened at festivals and universities across the nation. She also served as a former coordinator of the Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival, showcasing Black, Latina and Asian filmmakers from around the world. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, where she lives with her family.

https://kwanzaaeverydaybook.com/

Host:

Kathryn Davis is a Qigong Teacher, a facilitator of Meditation and Mind/body Relaxation Techniques, a practitioner of Reiki, Spiritually guided life force energy and the Sandlin Technique, a form of Indigenous healing based on Vision Quest and Shamanic Insight. She is founder of the Kun Li Sheng™, Healing System, which includes a Qigong form, postures and healing technologies. She has produced Heart Of Mind Radio since 2014 on the Progressive Radio Network and since 2000 on WBAI Pacifica Radio. Kathryn is author of the forthcoming book: Harness the Natural Rhythms of Life.

Kathryn’s program Qigong Self Care is ongoing and will begin again, online throughout the year - Contact her at QigongOnLine@gmail.com  or go to DaoQigongLife.com for more details.

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