Author Archives: Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

About Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

I create; therefore I am.

True North: Me and Wilson

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

I was blessed to see and I share what I see. This is post is relevant now as we celebrate Fences directed and starring Denzel Washington on the big screen and as my community melts and continues to stumble under … Continue reading →

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The Closing of Jesus

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

  Dancing with Black Jesus i saw jesus break dancing on a corner in west oakland right before the banks came to steal black folks homes he must have been a warning he was beautiful homeless funky dust flying from … Continue reading →

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The Gratitudes: Moving Hands

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

I am grateful for the movements created out of praying with your hands moving lift us up we will not fall ever forward like the love of mother’s invincible boundless like the abundance of fat godz a lioness awake circling … Continue reading →

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Voting, 2016

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

here at the front of the line showed up to make my voice heard that’s what they say here to pay for my ticket to the conversation to be a part of the public sphere here words and names on … Continue reading →

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Crossroad

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

I am grateful for the crossroads here is where change can occur choices and consequences here is where we walk our heart religion is what you do the crossroads reveal character intention, mettle, and upbringing what you live for reveals … Continue reading →

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Bobby Hutton Park

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

http://www.oaklandrising.org/sites/default/files/images/images.jpeg The Defermerys are alive, says the beige council woman. They may be living but Bobby Hutton is dead and we have renamed the park to keep him alive surely you understand life and death eternally binary we are binary … Continue reading →

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no thirst

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

https://goddessinspired.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/olokun-at-bottom-of-sea.jpg under the water looking up from the house of Olukun I will never eat from an empty plate I hold the rope the path is cleared I am in the water the water is my mother holding me in … Continue reading →

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on freedom (7/4/16.sorrowland)

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

you can’t be but so free in a sorrowland   a place you were forced to used & discontinued discarded to find a way out of no way with obstacles piled higher than the mast of the good ship Jesus … Continue reading →

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times of fire

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

it is a time of fire an age of rising like waves on a black sea we are the pouring over after being pressed down witness fire on the water we are the lesson of the lynching tree the answer … Continue reading →

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the way we walk

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

the story is being written madness majick and infamy spilling off the page too heavy to carry we tip over under the weight that rides dead center inside keeping us off balance stumbling up hill sometimes you got to grow … Continue reading →

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