Monthly Archives: November 2014

August Wilson and Ferguson

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Wilson noted: “I think my plays offer (white Americans) a different way to look at black Americans,” he told The Paris Review. “For instance, in ‘Fences’ they see a garbageman, a person they don’t really look at, although they see … Continue reading →

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A Thanksgiving Reflection

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

This reflection written in 2006 resonates especially this season.

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Oakland After the Midterm Elections, Now What?

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

The local mid-term elections in Oakland have come and gone. We will have a new mayor and other new officials. What will be different? What will stay the same? What does Oakland need? Will a new administration bring us a … Continue reading →

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I Want A Black Director

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Having directed 7 of the ten plays from the Century Cycle in chronological order and in production for Jitney with the intention of finishing the cycle in chronological order next year — I have found the alchemy inherent in Wilson’s … Continue reading →

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When August Wilson Insisted on a Black Director for a Hollywood Adaptation of ‘Fences’…

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Master Wilson’s own thoughts about who should direct his work and why.

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spider woman and twin war Godz

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

    riding with spider woman and twin war Godz born into a state of war divined to be she who remembers shield carrier spear chucker hard to duck her up right in storm moving forward like water persistently efficient … Continue reading →

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fortune’s door

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

  i have been knocking on fortune’s door knocking with my strong right hand prayer is better than sleep action more divine than prayer so i knock on fortune’s door thunder answers rain has fallen is falling still there has … Continue reading →

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Dead Poets

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

some say all great poets are dead they lie for true poets never die never they say all great poets are dead I say they lie for poets live in the words are the breath of Godz are the eyes … Continue reading →

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