Author Archives: Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

About Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

I create; therefore I am.

dreams of flight/ 1

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements if you bought land in the country i would go i would learn to make jam i would become a country woman & maybe the days would find the beat of my life growing out of the ground smelling … Continue reading →

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on freedom & suffering

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements to own nothing is to be free or so its said suffering is caused by want they say small footprints with no sign of your passing they say i say sing loudly want things own your want your sorrow … Continue reading →

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the accounting

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements when the wolves and sheep are counted when the scales are finally balanced when justice can see when the clarion sounds & the good men come forth where will you be when the times of camels & needles eyes … Continue reading →

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respite

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements by the sea somewhere far away from concrete & sirens where birdss make lazy circles over the water peering underneath from up above diving in to capture dinner on the fly far away from chalk outlines grim faced children … Continue reading →

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walking with wilson

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements i have been walking with wilson out by the ocean cross the water seen both sides got baptized by a ghost who gave me a song that was my own drug that song thru the graveyard wrapped it in … Continue reading →

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one path to transformation

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements it was a thought a hunger a whisper a nudge, an invitation wanna dance? i said yes. i was good at no. it left me in the no where. so i said yes. yes opened a door- wanna dance? … Continue reading →

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here & now 2

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements sometimes in a face I see a story a play hiding in the way a man walks a song humming on a street corner sometimes the art is waiting in the ordinary waiting to be amplified what is more … Continue reading →

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here & now

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements because now is all there is because one can stand on yesterday but can not live there because the future is not here now is where the stage lives where the characters parade in their glory in their shame … Continue reading →

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A Deeper Shade of Black

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements some things can’t be given back your father’s chin your mother’s knees the kiss of melanin the fullness of your lips the curl in your hair somethings define you whether you want them to or not you can reject … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Bars: Growing Home

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements June 19, 2015 2781 Telegraph Oakland CA 94612 6:00-8:00 PM – FREE Beyond the Bars: Growing Home is a dramatic stage reading  derived from the stories of Green Life participants who are formerly incarcerated and re-entering Bay Area communities. … Continue reading →

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