Monthly Archives: March 2015

Inequity, Violence, Grief and Trauma: The Battlefield at Home

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Ain’t nobody got time to cry in a war zone; where I live — “*even the birds sing bass”. –WordSlanger, (*Reginald Lockett) Anthony Lake, the head of UNICEF, observed during an Al Jazeera interview on the impact of war on … Continue reading →

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The Question of Light: Tilda Swinton’s speech at the Rothko Chapel

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

There are places where souls meet — beyond the borders of race, gender, age, or any other label that separates light from light. There are things the soul knows, things the heart overstands, places where we are almost divine in … Continue reading →

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celebration

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

in the middle of the storm dancing heads down chanting bobbing in rhythm the drummers drum give me some give me some that older than religion before division watch i multiply back snap head up face to the sky arms … Continue reading →

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D.C. Cannot Shy Away from Teaching Boys about August Wilson and Anger

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Wilson is a tool to teach young black men about themselves in an artful fashion by reconnecting them with their song, by letting them know that song exist, and connecting the power of that song to their possibilities — it … Continue reading →

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