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Oakland Bratton Venezuela 3.0

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Guest Editorial by Jean Damu Was Oakland Police Consultant William Bratton involved in the failed Venezuela coup? And if he was, should Oaklanders be concerned? By Jean Damu Hundreds of Oakland residents turned out recently to voice their opinions about … Continue reading →

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Two Shades of Green

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Two Shades of Green

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Media and the Management of Reality

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Marvin X says the news ain’t the news it ain’t nothing but the blues and I agree. You might as well listen to Damien Marley, Koran Streets, or WolfHawkJaguar, if you want the news, they will tell you what’s alive … Continue reading →

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King Tides and NewTown: Harbingers of the Time

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Today there were King Tides in the Bay Area. I wonder about tides pulled by the moon and what makes anomalies. I wonder. I stay in conversation with the universe. There are explanations for most anomalies. As humans we often … Continue reading →

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So THIS is transformation–

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

I know my role. I am an interlocutor .

I am a craftsperson, an artisan. I create. My tools are word and story. I am an interrogator I listen. I speak. I question. I hold our place in conversation. It is my gift, my task, my purpose in this awareness. Continue reading →

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Un-naturalized

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

are we the ones we

so need someone

when I was little

I waited for some one

to come then I decided

to be someone

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X

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

  living in legend feared revered removed your corpse a sign of contested resistance pouring  oil on paths to cold realities spiritual uprisings and songs of salt water you are forever living dead in myths of truth subverted held in … Continue reading →

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The Line Feminine

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Dedicated to my mother Ernestine Roberts, her mother Nettie Brown, to Nettie’s mama Mama Connie, to my daughter’s Ebony and Ayodele and my granddaughter Maleyah.  We are the ocean etching the line that is the shore we are the line … Continue reading →

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A room full of broken birds

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

the new born still talk to the dead the dead go as the new are born entering and exiting a room full of broken birds called life we are born dying the young man said it life brimming in his … Continue reading →

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…a young man stood (a response to a post show event/ LoveBalm for my Spirit Child.)

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

a young man stood he said he spoke as a child — speaking in a room filled w/women who had lost children a child stood to speak as a son in a room filled w/mothers who had lost sons he … Continue reading →

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