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The Last Laureate of Newark

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements The Last Laureate of Newark: Oakland Local Article- Remembering Amiri Baraka. The Last Laureate of Newark (A Love Supreme) There is no laureate poet in Newark as he ascended to jam with the out and gone went to where the … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Arts, non fiction essay, North American African Perspective, Performing Arts, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Amiri Baraka, ayodele wordslanger nzinga, blk artists, blk arts, narrative poetry, North American African Perspective, poetry, social commentary, spokenword | Leave a comment

Gentrification: No Resting Place, Pt. 3

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements West Oakland: Gentrified “West Oakland is situated on the Bay side of Highway 980 and is easily accessible by public transportation including BART and buses. If you are an urban pioneer who is looking to buy somewhere before it really booms, … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Arts, non fiction essay, North American African Perspective | Tagged Arts and Literacy, ayodele nzinga, black arts, contested spaces, gentrification, lower bottom playaz, narratives of belonging, place, San Francisco Bay Area, West Oakland, West Oakland Oakland California | 9 Comments

FENCES: Art Without Borders–Wilson the Universalist

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

Advertisements 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in August Wilson, Black Arts, non fiction essay, North American African Perspective, Performing Arts, Tales of Iron and Water, Theater | Tagged African American, august wilson, ayodele wordslanger nzinga, blk arts, Fences, hill district, lower bottom playaz, North American African Theater, Pittsburgh, Romare Bearden, short essay, The Century Cycle, the ground on which I stand, warrior art, West Oakland CA | 1 Comment

The Importance of August Wilson to American Theater

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

Advertisements 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Arts, Craft, I'm Just Saying!, Life., non fiction essay, North American African Perspective, Performing Arts, Tales of Iron and Water, Theater | Tagged 20th century, august wilson, ayodele wordslanger nzinga, creativity, gem of the ocean, life lessons, Ma Rainey, nation building, Négritude, North American African Perspective, personal wealth, perspective, Seven Guitars, short essay, sr. thea bowman memorial theater, the ground on which I stand, Theatre, United States, warrior art, Wilson | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Black Arts, Craft, non fiction essay, North American African Perspective, Performing Arts, Tales of Iron and Water | Tagged Actor, Arts, august wilson, ayodele nzinga, century cycle, lower bottom playaz, Magicians, North American African Perspective, Performing arts, Seven Guitars, sr. thea bowman memorial theater, Tales of Iron and Water, Theatre, Wilson | Leave a comment

Seven Guitars, A Glorious Gaze at the Mundane

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

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Wilson meets us where we live in all our drama and turmoil amidst the mundane backdrop of one day following another despite the brutality of the previous one. Continue reading →

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Seven of One, Five of the Other: Half way through August Wilson’s Century Cycle

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Wilson is a bluesologist and we are blues people. Avotcja Jiltonilro explained to me once that the blues as we know it actually evolved from praise music not from the angst of the American experience as we have been taught. It is our song. Our ever overstanding of the beauty and majesty inherent in life and our heart’s determination to continue beating. Continue reading →

Posted in Black Arts, Craft, non fiction essay, North American African Perspective, Performing Arts, Tales of Iron and Water, Theater, work in progress | Tagged august wilson, ayodele nzinga, black arts, blues, blues people, century cycle, drama, hill district, lower bottom playaz, movement and time as themes, sr. thea bowman memorial theater, theater, West Oakland, wordslanger | 3 Comments

Advertisements I do not believe the presidency of the United States of America is a sole proprietorship. I have entertained a different idea every since I read Taylor Caldwell’s Captain’s and the Kings. Like most of the American public; I have often been instructed by … Continue reading →

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD | Leave a comment

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Sedi Bo: A West Oakland Tale of Art and Transformation

Two Trains Running: Lower Bottom Playaz Next Stop

Gentrification: No Resting Place, Pt. 3

FENCES: Art Without Borders–Wilson the Universalist

The Importance of August Wilson to American Theater

Unlikely Magicians

Seven Guitars, A Glorious Gaze at the Mundane

Seven of One, Five of the Other: Half way through August Wilson’s Century Cycle

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