Wandaâs Picks for January 2021
Wandaâs Picks for January 2021
January 22, 2021
Photographer Alan Kimara Dixon, a longtime participant and documentarian of the Maafa Bay Area Commemoration, is featured in the Maafa@25 art exhibit.
by Wanda Sabir
Imani, or âFaith,â is the seventh principle of Kwanzaa, or Celebration of First Fruits. Everything starts with belief, and this belief is grounded in Imani, Nia (purpose) and Kujichagulia (self-determination). Once we know our purpose, everything else is possible.
Kujichagulia is the tenacity we hang onto even when we canât always see the road around the corner or how far it is to the ground.
By Tharishi Hewavithanagamage
Directed by George C. Wolfe, ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ is based on the play of the same name, by August Wilson, who was often referred to as the ‘theater’s poet of Black America.’ The eponymous play was first staged in 1982. The film focuses on Ma Rainey, a real life blues singer and her group of blues musicians, coming together to record a few songs on a hot summer’s day in Chicago in 1927. Produced by Denzel Washington, Todd Black, and Dany Wolf, the film stars Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman, with Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, Taylour Paige and Dusan Brown in supporting roles. ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ is currently streaming on Netflix.
The majority of the Air Safety experts and all experienced pilots in Sri Lanka say that the potentially hazardous concrete wall at the Galle Road end of the Colombo International Airport Ratmalana should be removed and replaced with a fence capable of arresting an over running aircraft, if necessary. When the possible hazards were highlighted to the three ‘owners’ of the said wall, it was the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) that declared first that as there was no war situation at present, that they had no objection for its replacement with a fence. This was stated by none other than the present Commander of the Air Force himself as representative of the SLAF at the Policy Development Office (PDO) at the Prime Minister’s Office at Temple Trees. Regrettably, the Civil Aviation Authority was procrastinating at that time.
The latest planning applications in the Grantham area Published: 07:00, 19 January 2021
South Witham, S20/1993: Mr Steve Stanbury - Listed Building Consent for repainting of front door at 14 Church Street.
Grantham, S20/2047: Mr John Edwards - Single storey -monopitch extension to north elevation at 18 Rosedale Drive.
Barkston, S21/0008: Stephanie Sheehan - Proposed low voltage overhead lines work adjacent to The Lodge, Hough Road.
Planning Applications (12078486)
Corby Glen, S21/0061: Ian Clayton - Fell fir tree at Woodhouse Arms, 2 Bourne Road.
Castle Bytham, S20/2150: Mr M Nichols - Proposed new chalet bungalow at Land Adjacent To Pineview Holywell Road.
Grantham, S20/2169: Mr and Mrs Nelson and Mable Chiwaridzo - Proposed single storey rear extension at 10 Goldsmith Road.