Category Archives: North American African Perspective

Rainmaker

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

In order to make art artist need access to space, materials, marketing, points of exchange and more. Each item mentioned comes with a price tag. The bottom line gets bigger when you actually employ other artists. Star making needs Rainmakers. Continue reading →

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Built to carry weight

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

I will still stand up  even if it all falls down Stand & deliver flying over shaking ground That be my measure for all you that  come to weigh I am good in the storm My Gods built me to … Continue reading →

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FENCES: Art Without Borders–Wilson the Universalist

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

FENCES: Art Without Borders–Wilson the Universalist The Lower Bottom Playaz, the oldest North American African theater troupe in Oakland CA is presenting FENCES as a part of its commitment to August Wilson’s Century Cycle.  FENCES is perhaps the most familiar … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Optimism

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

The figs did not ripen this year nor did the dreams of democracy in the land of the free the hard green fruit only skin and seeds absent the flesh necessary to sustain the living who are left with only … Continue reading →

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Fences

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Fences starring The Lower Bottom Playaz. Oakland CA. October 2013. http://www.lowerbottomplayaz.com http://www.TalesofIronandWater.com

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Tweet Review: FENCES, Duchess Theatre, 27 June

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Fences starring The Lower Bottom Playaz. Oakland CA. October 2013. http://www.lowerbottomplayaz.com http://www.TalesofIronandWater.com

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Top 5 Things to do in Pittsburgh This Weekend – 06/28/2013

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Fences starring The Lower Bottom Playaz. Oakland CA. October 2013. http://www.lowerbottomplayaz.com http://www.TalesofIronandWater.com

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Theatre Review: Fences by August Wilson (Metro)

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Fences starring The Lower Bottom Playaz. Oakland CA. October 2013. http://www.lowerbottomplayaz.com http://www.TalesofIronandWater.com

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The Importance of August Wilson to American Theater

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

August Wilson is a playwright. In my opinion he is the most important American playwright of the 20th century.  His work the Century Cycle is the most expansive chronicle of American life in  the history of American theater. His tale of America … Continue reading →

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Unlikely Magicians

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Theater offers you a chance to solve a character’s problem, enjoy his destiny, fight along side him against his fate. Theater gives a performer a place to spend the emotional currency stored in an their well of lived experiences, it gives you a place to go when it is necessary to vacate your own reality temporarily for the sake of being able to carry it when you are forced to return to it. Continue reading →

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