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fortune’s door

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

  i have been knocking on fortune’s door knocking with my strong right hand prayer is better than sleep action more divine than prayer so i knock on fortune’s door thunder answers rain has fallen is falling still there has … Continue reading →

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abundant prosperity

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

I am abundance I manifest yes The universe knows my name I am greeted by blue jays & sparrows followed by crows and video often photographed If you seen my aura you know it glows No big secret there is … Continue reading →

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Libation (Love over Blood)

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

I have come to offer libation. May I proceed? In the name of the Most High The one who made everything The All Mighty the one who comes before all The one who created the cosmos Creator of the Multiverse … Continue reading →

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In the Valley

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Marching though the American Century Cycle — walking with Wilson every step an education. The pupil praises the teacher and remains dedicated in the quest for overstanding. — We will be made whole. We will remember to remember being born … Continue reading →

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The American Century Cycle

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

I am often asked why August Wilson? Why did I decide to direct the American Century Cycle? I am producing the America’s greatest playwright’s seminal work in its entirety. I will be the first director to do so in chronological … Continue reading →

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The Death of Innocence

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

the innocence that wrote love poems and captured beauty like life could be kept fire-flied in a bottle fled slowly/ leaving pragmatism on the dresser in a shade of clouded jade there is little to say of love or beauty … Continue reading →

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Lower Bottom Playaz present August Wilson’s ‘Two Trains Running’

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

We are theater at its most committed.

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razor

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

razor blue steel glow like the moon in the dark of night i call it cotton cuz it comes out when the rubber leave the road then cotton runs the show the moment they act like they dont see me … Continue reading →

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Cotton

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

I inherited a legacy cotton is my inheritance cotton chain gangs& songs about chariots chariots chain gangs & cotton joe turner came and never left he over yo shoulder cotton on his breath my memory of cotton is older than … Continue reading →

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August Wilson, The Lower Bottom Playaz, The American Century Cycle: Tales of Iron & Water

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

August Wilson, The Lower Bottom Playaz, The American Century Cycle: Tales of Iron & Water Please support Oakland’s premiere North American African theater troupe in their new residency at The Flight Deck as they continue their historic march though August … Continue reading →

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