Author Archives: Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

About Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

I create; therefore I am.

late to the dance floor

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

(Sometimes you should dance the first time you are asked. Later is too late most of the time.) when they want to they do like a swarm best not to stand in the way of mobbing manifestations of destiny don’t … Continue reading →

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Panther a Documentary by Stanley Nelson: A Film Review

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Panther a Documentary by Stanley Nelson: A Film Review By Ayodele Nzinga I watched Alex Haley’s Roots on my Granny’s TV. I watched alone. My Granny could not stand to watch. She was visibly upset in a way I now … Continue reading →

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weathered

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

standing in the storm rust the soul stand too long you crumble from within the ocean leaking from your middle saltwater eating at the outside I was born  standing in the storm long drops falling without end pregnant with sorrow … Continue reading →

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Oakland CA by Drum

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

drum in your heat beating out ya way drum in the public square drum if you go to the moon drum in ya office at ya church in the street loudly while marching carry signs that say Godz love drummers … Continue reading →

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Old Men

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

blue black creased by living gin on their breath underneath the weight of the crush of being born invisible 5 dollar cigars and knowing in their mouths long eyes pained by memory grown in the shadows of years stacked atop … Continue reading →

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Zara’s Faith: Someone Must Stand up.

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

The police are at her door. They have come with the news no parent or caretaker wants to hear. Zara learns her grandsons who live with her have had an incident with the police. One is dead the other is … Continue reading →

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King Hedley, II Post Show Notes

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Koran Streets as King Hedley, 9/2015 Oakland photo by TaSin Sabir They say King Hedley II, is the darkest play in  the American Century Cycle by August Wilson. Dark with all its connotations is an interesting take. It is dark. Dark … Continue reading →

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Intersections

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

At the intersection of knowing and seeking light is born fragile thin like ghetto sunrises over tired asphalt cracked as stressed as residents who rise to meet obstacles strewn likeland mines  throughout raw realities light enough to see the holes … Continue reading →

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The Lower Bottom Playaz poised to complete The American Century Cycle Project.

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Calling Denzel… Mr. Washington we want to talk to you.

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dreams

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

if you are trapped in a dream you will invent a way out of the nightmare I have flown in dreams over tree tops escaping the things chasing me even in repose the ghost walking in the small hours whisper … Continue reading →

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