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Remember Attica

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Attica in 71 a hole in the fabric of humanity. But strong truths hang in threads of determination woven like papyrus scribed on in the blood of 39 victims of Amerikka. The truth lived left to starve and die as … Continue reading →

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August Wilson and Ferguson

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

The more I do this work the clearer I become that my art is my contribution to the battle for equity. Standing proudly on the ground of the dirt beneath the floor underneath the door of no return — I … Continue reading →

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2014 in review 3300 Readers, Read in 89 Countries!

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,300 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it … Continue reading →

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Happy Cul-du-Sac: A personal deconstruction of North American Holidays.

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

What do you celebrate? What does it mean?

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lifted measure one

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

sometimes it gets hard to lift something must be shifted can’t go on this way even if youre gifted can’t drift in the game twisted i insist i get a grip i know the story flip the script stealing my … Continue reading →

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A Thanksgiving Reflection

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

This reflection written in 2006 resonates especially this season.

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Oakland After the Midterm Elections, Now What?

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

The local mid-term elections in Oakland have come and gone. We will have a new mayor and other new officials. What will be different? What will stay the same? What does Oakland need? Will a new administration bring us a … Continue reading →

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I Want A Black Director

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Having directed 7 of the ten plays from the Century Cycle in chronological order and in production for Jitney with the intention of finishing the cycle in chronological order next year — I have found the alchemy inherent in Wilson’s … Continue reading →

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When August Wilson Insisted on a Black Director for a Hollywood Adaptation of ‘Fences’…

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Master Wilson’s own thoughts about who should direct his work and why.

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spider woman and twin war Godz

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

    riding with spider woman and twin war Godz born into a state of war divined to be she who remembers shield carrier spear chucker hard to duck her up right in storm moving forward like water persistently efficient … Continue reading →

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